Somebody Bet on the BayFirst-time author Laura Hillenbrand put on a master class in popular-history writing with this improbable tale of an ungainly little red racehorse that could.
Luminously
written, with deep appreciation for the culture of the racetrack and the
colorful personalities that lived and died around it, Seabiscuit is the
sort of history book that not only edifies and entertains but asks us to ponder
how amazing a thing life can be.
