Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura HillenbrandMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the first sports book I have ever read. I have always been dubious about sports books. I don't really like watching sports, or I don't like being sucked into the time waste that is watching sports. I have wondered when I have seen books about sports what the draw could possibly be to reading about sports. This book clarifies. While Seabiscuit is a book about sports, specifically horse racing (of all the wacky sports), it is really a history of the lives that surrounded the horse called Seabiscuit (and who named this horse anyway?). The history aspect is fascinating and I enjoyed Hillenbrand's story telling.
I read this after reading Hillenbrand's second book, Unbroken. I enjoyed that book so much I was willing to give a sports book a try. I'm glad I did.
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