On the C-SPAN Networks: Laura Hillenbrand is an Author with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2002 Speech. Ms. Hillenbrand talked about Seabiscuit: An American Legend, ...

1. Seabiscuit, a small, bow-legged racehorse, captured the hearts of Americans during the depths of the Great Depression. Despite his diminutive size, he won 11 races in 1937 and then took on the ...

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Fans could buy Seabiscuit hats, toys and even wastebaskets. PD. In the late 1930s, as the Depression hovered persistently over the nation, Americans turned to one newsmaker with joyous devotion. His ...

He was an unlikely superstar, lacking the looks of a Hollywood headliner, or the portfolio of a mogul. But his underdog image and feisty will to win attracted the heart of a nation, and the plain ...

Horseracing is the world's most purely interesting sport. Strange and wonderful stories abound about equine characters and their oddball handlers, and surely the story of Seabiscuit is one of the best ...

A life-size likeness of Seabiscuit, the legendary racehorse that captured the nation's hearts and minds during the Great Depression, will again reign over his final resting place near Willits. A ...

The Depression was old. Radio was young. And our preoccupation with spectator sports had yet to focus on the distractions of the NFL, NHL, NBA, NCAA and NASCAR. Good, old-fashioned horse racing was a ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- A prized trophy won by Seabiscuit, one of thoroughbred racing's greatest champions, has been recovered after turning up on an Internet auction site 50 years after it was ...

Nostalgic and good-hearted, Seabiscuit is an inspiring tale of flawed but sympathetic heroes and no real villains — a race-horse story that's not about beating the other horse but about overcoming ...