![]() ![]() ![]() Americans have always loved animals, and those living prior to World War II were still close enough to their pioneer roots to feel a special affection for horses. But in the late 1930s, during the midst of the Great Depression, it came in the form of a horse named Seabiscuit. In 1778 it came when the French joined the American Revolution, and in 1980, it was brought home with Olympic Gold by the men's hockey team. ![]() Throughout its history, the United States has been blessed, often when most needed, with hope from a strange place. That feeling that somehow one can survive, win even, though the odds are stacked against them and the outlook is grim. It was an undersized, crooked-legged racehorse named Seabiscuit." - Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend Of all the things that a nation, or even an individual, need to survive a crisis, none is perhaps as necessary as hope. The subject of the most newspaper column inches in 1938 wasn't even a person. the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. *Includes pictures *Includes spectator accounts of Seabiscuit's most famous races *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "In 1938. ![]()
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