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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
The author retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 48
Publisher
HarperEntertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"When Cindy McLean goes back to Belmont to clean out her apartment, she finds her old diary and is taken back to the days when she started racing in New York, after she fled Dubai..."
Author
Language
English
Description
Who would have believed that a knobby-kneed little colt named Seabiscuit would become one of the most celebrated racehorses of all time? Although Seabiscuit was the grandson of the legendary Man O' War, he was neither handsome nor graceful. His head was too big, his legs were too short, and his gallop was awkward.
During the depths of the Great Depression, however, Seabiscuit won against incredible odds and uplifted the hearts of people throughout
...Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Ours's Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightning tells the fascinating true story of one of the greatest racehorses who ever lived.
His trainer said that managing him was like holding a tiger by the tail. His owner compared him to "chain lightning." His jockeys found their lives transformed by him, in triumphant and distressing ways. All of them became caught in a battle for honesty.
Born in 1917, Man o' War grew from a rebellious youngster...
Publisher
Delta Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
When America needed him most, Seabiscuit became the working man's hero and the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorse in history. This documentary includes real footage of Red Pollard's thrilling victory at the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap, the complete Seabiscuit/War Admiral "Match Race", and an exclusive interview with author Laura Hillenbrand
12) Seabiscuit
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
While not looking the part, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history. In the 1930s, when Americans longed to escape the grim realities of Depression-era life, four men turned Seabiscuit into a national hero.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous, Civil War-era South, despite going nearly blind, and became the most successful sire in American racing history. The early days of American horse-racing were grueling. Four-mile heats-races four miles long, run two or three times in succession!-were the norm, rewarding horses who possessed the ideal combination of stamina and speed, attributes...
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