Originally published in 2 parts, in April 2004. Book 12 in my first 52 books challenge. If you're wondering about no. 11, it was The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms . I did not feel it was worth republishing. Entry 1: Full title: Seabiscuit: An American Legend Author: Laura Hillenbrand Year published: 2002 Where got: book store Genre: History, biography, sports This book is about a famous American racehorse and the men whose belief in him took him from the lowest rungs of the racing world and right to the top. I am not particularly interested in sports, and know next to nothing about horse racing, so this is not a book I would have picked up if it had not been for the fact that it has been made into a film. As a teenager I enjoyed a film about another famous racehorse, Phar Lap, and so when Seabiscuit hit the cinemas I decided this was a film I wanted to see. Well, somehow I managed to miss it. However, after watching a National Geographic documentary about Seabiscuit, I decid...
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