This is, SEABISCUIT - The Saga of a Great Champion by B. K. Beckwith, Complete and in Excellent Condition. It is a paperback with 64 pages. SEABISCUIT: The Saga of a Great Champion, is the first complete story of the legendary thoroughbred who captured the heart of a nation. Noted track writer B. K. Beckwith call Seabiscuit's career a saga because, like a Greek  myth or beloved fairytale, it is the tale of a forgotten, abused animal who was rescued, fought his way to the top of horse racing, stumbled and then returned for a spectacular victory. First published in 1940, when Seabiscuit and all the major characters were alive, its pages sparkle with stories about the great horse. The moment when trainer Tom Smith  noticed the emaciated bay in a cheap claims race at Saratoga Springs, the events that led Charles Howard to take a chance and buy the 'raced-out"  three year old colt with bad legs and the exhilarating accounts from jockeys Red Pollard and George "Iceman" Woolf of Seabiscuit's trademark burst of speed. Under Smith's  training and care Seabiscuit would defeat the Triple Crown Champion, War Admiral by four lengths in the most famous match race in history.

This book features period photographs and specially commissioned artwork by Howard Brodie. Seabiscuit: The Saga of a Great Champion follows the thoroughbred's illustrious career from his humble birth in Kentucky to his remarkable string of races across the country from 1936 to 1940 and culminating in his stunning victory at Santa Anita, a moment that confirmed Seabiscuit as one of the greatest race horses of all time. In researching her best selling book, Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand drew on Seabiscuit: The Saga of a Great Champion, a rare contemporary account that preserves insights, anecdotes and quotes found nowhere else. Although other horses eventually posted better times and took more purses no other horses ever achieved the popularity and universal love won by the stocky knob-kneed bay with the great heart, the indomitable Seabiscuit. 

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