Neck and Neck With Glory

摘要

It is almost impossible for anyone who didn't live through it to comprehend the world Laura Hillenbrand describes so vividly in "Seabiscuit," her fascinating account of the greatest Cinderella story in the history of horse racing. Before World War Ⅱ thoroughbred racing captured the American public's imagination with such ferocity that it was not unheard-of for 40 million people to tune in a race on the radio. In 1938, at the height of his fame, Seabiscuit garnered more column inches in the newspapers than either Roosevelt or Hitler. And yet today you would be hard pressed to find anyone under 50 who had a clue what all the fuss was about.