I bought this on 11/6 from my daughter's Trumpet Book Club order at school for $6.95. The ultimate long shot! Read about the crooked-legged horse who became a racing legend! Small horse rose from obscurity to become a champion.

c. 2001 -- 399 pages + Acknowledgements + Notes + Index -- Paperback -- #1 New York Times Bestseller -- Now a Major Motion Picture -- Nonfiction -- Original Story -- Some mature content

12 weeks on the USA Today Bestseller top ten list:
#1 on 8/3 and 8/10
#2 on 7/27 and 8/24
#3 on 8/17
#4 on 7/13 and 7/20
#5 on 6/15, 7/6, 8/31 and 9/7
#8 on 9/14

Back Cover: He was a cultural icon. A world-class athlete. A champion who triumphed over terrible handicaps to become a legend of the racetrack. No other racehorse has rivaled Seabiscuit's fame or his sway over the nation's imagination. Now Laura Hillenbrand unfolds the spellbinding story of this marvelous animal, the world he lived in, and the men who staked their lives and fortunes on his dazzling career. A riveting tale of grit, grace, luck, and an underdog's stubborn determination, "Seabiscuit" is an American classic.

I finished reading this yesterday (1/28). I must say I enjoyed the movie more than the book on this one. It's hard to grasp the quality of excitement at horse races through a book. Like listening to sports on the radio versus being their in person ... misses some of the excitement. Toward the end it did get exciting, but it seemed to be building up for a sad ending and wasn't.

Used in 2009 Ultimate Challenge ~ January theme ~ Food & Drink

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I'm taking this book to the Spring Book Fling at the library this afternoon ... where patrons can swap paperbacks with each other.