Come on Seabiscuit

Name: Come on Seabiscuit
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Ralph Moody
ISBN: 9781455104154

Author: Ralph Moody

Narrator: Jim Weiss

Unabridged: 3 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/01/2007

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Who would have believed that a knobbykneed little colt called Seabiscuit would become one of the most celebrated racehorses of all time? Although Seabiscuit was the grandson of the legendary Man O War, he was neither handsome nor graceful. His head was too big, his legs were too short, and his gallop was awkward.During the depths of the Great Depression, Seabiscuit won against incredible odds and uplifted the hearts of Americans from the streets to the White House. In this classic originally published in 1962, Ralph Moody recounts the thrilling tale of the plucky horse who refused to quit, the downonhisluck jockey who didnt let horrendous accidents keep him out of the saddle, and the taciturn trainer who brought out the best in both. Moving and inspirational, Come On Seabiscuit! is a reminder of the qualities that make a real American champion.

About Ralph Moody

Ralph Owen Moody (1898–1982)
was an American author who wrote 17 novels and autobiographies largely about
the American West, though a few are set in New England. He was born in East
Rochester, New Hampshire in 1898 but moved to Colorado with his family when he
was eight in the hopes that a dry climate would improve his father Charles's
tuberculosis. Moody detailed his experiences in Colorado in the first book of
the Little Britches series, Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers. After
his father died, eleven-year-old Moody assumed the duties of the “man of
the house”. He and his sister Grace combined ingenuity with hard work in a
variety of odd jobs to help their mother provide for their large family. The
Moody clan returned to the East Coast sometime after Charles's death. After a period as livestock business owner in rural Kansas, Moody married and moved to Kansas City. Ralph and Edna Moody had three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on September 13, 2020

This is the book Laura Hillenbrand read and loved as a child that inspired her award-winning biography, Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Ralph Moody's passion for horses stirs his readers to excitement as they follow the life and career of one of the most best Thoroughbreds to ever run. You might ass......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 27, 2019

This was a lot of fun & interesting. It's definitely for the younger crowd & those who aren't very familiar with horse racing. He explains a lot about how handicapping, breeding, & races are done, although this is back in the late 1930s so some things have changed. Not as much as you might think, th......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on April 09, 2018

I've had this book on my shelf for years and had never gotten around to reading it. And despite the love I had for horses growing up, I also have not seen the movie they made a few years ago based on Seabiscuit's life. All that to say that I honestly didn't really know what happened with this horse......more

Goodreads review by Heila on January 17, 2015

I like all his books, but this one is great - about the legendary horse Seabiscuit. Yes, there's another more recent and much thicker book out there about the same story, but I like this one much better because it's short and exciting.......more

Goodreads review by Enola on January 07, 2022

I'm not a fan of horse racing but this book is so evocative that I was on the edge of my seat (as were the children!). I didn't know the story at all, so it was fresh and surprising, too.......more