Resumo de Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand

?Seabiscuit: An American Legend? is the tale of a Depression era racehorse that captured the hearts and imagination of a country that was thirsty for hope. Writer Laura Hillenbrand has successfully spun a nonfiction story into a tale that reads like a novel. The three central human characters faced their own set of challenges. Charles Howard, the automobile pioneer who introduced the car to the West after leaving the East coast in pursuit of his dreams tragically lost his son in a horrible twist of irony ? a car accident. ?Silent? Tom Smith was a relic of the pre-automobile landscape. He had an innate ability to connect with horses. In fact, he probably had better relationships with horses than most people because he hardly ever spoke. Johnny ?Red? Pollard was forced to grow up quickly after being left by his family. He falls in love with the world of horse racing, but endured some pretty harrowing accidents and ends up blind in one eye. The three lives intersected when Smith discovered Seabiscuit, a horse with an impressive pedigree, but a lackluster career running in claiming races. Smith saw something in the Biscuit that had eluded everyone else up until that point. Howard had hired Smith to be his trainer and to look for a bargain racehorse with hidden talent. Pollard formed an instant bond with the Biscuit when he offered him a sugar cube. It was the start of a racing partnership that would blow the competition away and win adoring fans across the country. The much delayed match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral is breathtaking and Pollard?s triumphant return to win at Santa Anita after having been sidelined by a terrible accident is uplifting. The book details more of the darker side of racing than the movie by describing the methods that jockeys used to reduce their weights. The life of a jockey back in those days was punishing and it was not unheard of for a jockey to commit suicide. George Woolf, who was skillfully portrayed in the movie by real life jockey Gary Stevens, suffered from Type 1 diabetes. The effects of the disease and weakness from dieting probably caused him to lose consciousness during a race at Santa Anita, which resulted in his untimely death. The book is a rich testament to these heroic men and an unlikely legend named Seabiscuit.

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