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A Deluxe Illustrated Edition of One of the Most Beloved Books Of Our Time, With Nearly 150 Historic Photographs
Selected by the Author
SEABISCUIT
An American Legend
Special Illustrated Collector�s Edition
By Laura Hillenbrand
With a New Introduction Written by the Author
�Seabiscuit� a major motion picture from Universal Pictures and starring Tobey Macguire, Jeff Bridges and
Chris Cooper will be released
July 25, 2003
On Sale Date: June 3, 2003; Publication Date: June 10, 2003
The spellbinding true story of how three men and a great racehorse captivated a nation, Laura Hillenbrand�s
SEABISCUIT: An American Legend became an immediate number one best-seller and cultural phenomenon upon its
publication in 2001. Named one of the best books of the year by more than twenty publications � including
The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, People, USA Today, and The Economist � SEABISCUIT was also
honored as the BookSense Nonfiction Book of the Year and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and was
a finalist for several other major prizes, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los
Angeles Times Book Prize.
For this lavishly illustrated special edition, author Laura Hillenbrand has written a new Introduction and
selected nearly 150 rare photographs from historic archives and private collections. SEABISCUIT tells the
story of three remarkable men: Charles Howard, a bicycle repairman who made a fortune by introducing the
automobile to the American West; Red Pollard, a failed prize fighter and failing jockey who was abandoned
as a boy at a makeshift racetrack; and Tom Smith, an enigmatic mustang breaker who came from the vanishing
frontier, bearing generations of lost wisdom about the secrets of horses.
In the sultry summer of 1936, the lives of these men converged around a bad-legged, floundering racehorse
named Seabiscuit. Forming an improbable partnership, they transformed the horse into one of the most
extraordinary competitors in sports history. In four tumultuous years, the rags-to-riches horse overcame
a phenomenal run of misfortune to emerge as an American cultural icon, drawing an immense following, prompting
an avalanche of merchandising, and establishing himself as the single biggest newsmaker of 1938 � receiving
more coverage that FDR, Hitler, or any other public figure.
SEABISCUIT is an inspiring tale of unlikely heroes, a classic story of three embattled individuals and a
remarkable racehorse overcoming the odds in the Great Depression.
About the Author
Laura Hillenbrand has been writing about Thoroughbred racing since 1988 and has been a contributing
writer/editor to Equus magazine since 1989. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker,
American Heritage, The Washington Post, and many other publications. She is the two-time winner of the
Eclipse Award, the highest journalistic honor in Thoroughbred racing. She served as a consultant on the
Universal Pictures movie based on this book as well as a PBS documentary on Seabiscuit�s life. Born in
Fairfax, Virginia, Hillenbrand attended Kenyon College and currently lives in Washington, DC. She can be
reached via the internet at www.seabiscuitonline.com.
SEABISCUIT: An American Legend
Special Illustrated Collector�s Edition
Laura Hillenbrand
Random House; On Sale Date: June 3, 2003; Publication Date: June 10, 2003
Price: $29.95; ISBN: 1-4000-6098-2
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