Seabiscuit. The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse. The Making of a Legend

London England: Fourth Estate, 2001. Hardback. Wear and tear to D/J. Price clipped to D/J. In 1938, a small, crooked-legged racehorse received mnore press coverage than Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt or any other news figure. His name was biscuit. He had become a most unlikely darling of the public thanks to an improbable meeting of three men. Charles Howard, a one-time bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the American West, bought the horse for a yard sale price; Tom Smith, a mysteirous, virtually mute mustang breaker from Colorado, became the horse's trainer; and Red Pollard, a failed boxer blind in one eye, half crippled and prome to quoting Emerson, became his jockey. Together, they lived the dream of every racing enthusiast; they created a champion. Surviving a four-year run of ill-fortune, conspiracy and severe injury, they lifted Seabiscuit from the lowest levels of racing and transformed him from a neurotic, obstreperous also-ran to an international sporting icon. The author brings to the racetrack the sort of compelling gutsy realism that Hemingway brought to big game fishing and Norman Mailer to the boxing ring. Here is an inspiring narrative of betting and winning against the odds, a classic tale of three embattled individuals who overcame the Depression and captivated the world. Illustrated. 399 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 4th Impression. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.