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Summary: Come On Readers...
Review: A great story that combines an insightful look at horseracing with the love of people for these beautiful animals. I read it as a child and again several times as an adult.
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Summary: An American hero...
Review: A great story told in an exciting manner.It is a story that combines the special relationships that people share with animals with an interesting look at the sport of horse racing. I read the book when I was twelve and then again as an adult and it was a great story all over again.
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Summary: A Fan For Life
Review: Come On Seabiscuit was first published when I was in the sixth grade and I purchased it as part of a school bookclub order.I still remember how exited I felt as I read it and how I could not put it down. It is a wonderful story an unattractive young colt who is mistreated and discarded.Eventually the horse known as Seabiscuit comes to be trained by a small time trainer and ridden by a broken down has been of a jockey.Their climb to glory is a heartwarming story of three underdogs teaming together to overcome many adversities and gives the reader a real feel of what horse racing really is all about.The book also gives a feel for what America was like in a bygone era when legends arose from effort and courage.I still have my book after all these years.It is sort of like an old friend I visit once in awhile. To this day I enjoy horses and the beauty of the thoroughbreads-it is a beauty that shines from within these special animals and Iam able to recognize and appreciate it because I read COME ON SEABISCUIT many years ago.
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Summary: The ORIGINAL Seabiscuit Story!
Review: I read this book back in the 70's and grew up idolizing this amazing hero-horse (as I am sure many young horse-struck girls & boys did!). This book tells the story which centers more around the HORSE rather than the people in his life. A much better book if a child is interested in the story - less politics & history, more story. THIS is the book Laura Hillenbrand read at 7-years old which I'm sure inspired her to write her current movie-hit novel! "Come on Seabiscuit" by Ralph Moody is a MUST read for ALL horse fans!!!!
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Summary: One of many but not the original
Review: I read this book back in the 70's and grew up idolizing this amazing hero-horse (as I am sure many young horse-struck girls & boys did!). This book tells the story which centers more around the HORSE rather than the people in his life. A much better book if a child is interested in the story - less politics & history, more story. THIS is the book Laura Hillenbrand read at 7-years old which I'm sure inspired her to write her current movie-hit novel! "Come on Seabiscuit" by Ralph Moody is a MUST read for ALL horse fans!!!!
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Summary: The ORIGINAL Seabiscuit Story!
Review: I read this book back in the 70's and grew up idolizing this amazing hero-horse (as I am sure many young horse-struck girls & boys did!). This book tells the story which centers more around the HORSE rather than the people in his life. A much better book if a child is interested in the story - less politics & history, more story. THIS is the book Laura Hillenbrand read at 7-years old which I'm sure inspired her to write her current movie-hit novel! "Come on Seabiscuit" by Ralph Moody is a MUST read for ALL horse fans!!!!
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Summary: If your child loves horses, they will like this too.
Review: I read this book many times as a child. It was about a lesser know racehorse who overcame much adversity to become one of the greatest thoroughbreds in racing history
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Summary: Destined for Greatness!
Review: Moody's biographical account of the amazing career of Seabiscuit, old Iron Horse, is both interesting in detail and highly readable in style. In 1933 the grandson of Man o'War was born, but immediately passed over due to his physical "faults." Condemned by a famous trainer and abused by too frequent racing, this gallant animal seemed to shame his rich, equestrian heritage. Yet his career is the story of courage--true blood will ultimately reveal the legacy of a champion. The gutsy horse who was scorned by most people in racing circles learned to trust the loving, skillful training of a bush league cowboy, which resuulted in a serious power in the Depression era racing world. The hope he inspired in his fans reflected the unquenchable hope of a nation crushed by economic despair. This is a story of heartbreak and 2nd chances, of beating the odds and fighting an unrelenting jinx. Most of all the power of the spirit--both human and equine--to triumph over unfavorable circumstances and crippling prejudice. For seven years the unshakable will of Seabiscuit and the unfailing faith of his own-folks (owners, trainers and jockeys) kept this knobby-kneed wonder horse fighting for the fame and recognition he truly deserved. At the age of seven he strode into the record books. Though not a Triple Crown winner, he rode into the hearts of people for all time--the cast off who became a champion! This story will touch readers of all ages.
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Summary: Destined for Greatness!
Review: Moody's biographical account of the amazing career of Seabiscuit, old Iron Horse, is both interesting in detail and highly readable in style. In 1933 the grandson of Man o'War was born, but immediately passed over due to his physical "faults." Condemned by a famous trainer and abused by too frequent racing, this gallant animal seemed to shame his rich, equestrian heritage. Yet his career is the story of courage--true blood will ultimately reveal the legacy of a champion. The gutsy horse who was scorned by most people in racing circles learned to trust the loving, skillful training of a bush league cowboy, which resuulted in a serious power in the Depression era racing world. The hope he inspired in his fans reflected the unquenchable hope of a nation crushed by economic despair. This is a story of heartbreak and 2nd chances, of beating the odds and fighting an unrelenting jinx. Most of all the power of the spirit--both human and equine--to triumph over unfavorable circumstances and crippling prejudice. For seven years the unshakable will of Seabiscuit and the unfailing faith of his own-folks (owners, trainers and jockeys) kept this knobby-kneed wonder horse fighting for the fame and recognition he truly deserved. At the age of seven he strode into the record books. Though not a Triple Crown winner, he rode into the hearts of people for all time--the cast off who became a champion! This story will touch readers of all ages.
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Summary: One of many but not the original
Review: Ralph Moody's book is a warm tribute to the story of Seabiscuit. The illustrations are wonderful and it is written at the level for its intended audience. The original tale of Seabiscuit was written by B.K. Beckwith in 1940, his "saga of a great champion"; Moody realized the lessons inherent in this amazing horse--forgotten even by his time in the 1950s--and he recast the tale for a new audience, just the way Laura Hillenbrand did so successfully in our own time. Both Moody and Hillenbrand relied on Beckwith's book and I find the voices of all three to be excellent and complementary. Beckwith actually knew the horse and the people around him, so his book has the excitement of the time, but I recommend all of these books on Seabiscuit.
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