{"product_id":"2940169464528","title":"Seabiscuit: An American Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Hillenbrand, author of the runaway phenomenon \u003ci\u003eUnbroken,\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story in this #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history  and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than  FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini.  But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment,  which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail.  Three men  changed Seabiscuit's fortunes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who  introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire.   When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious  mustang breaker from the Colorado plains.  Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for  a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who  was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo  Emerson.  Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad  fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically  indolent also-ran into an American sports icon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116687016176,"sku":"2940169464528","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169464528_p0.jpg?v=1763683276","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169464528","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}