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	Interview with Laura Hillenbrand at SolPix
		Laura Hillenbrand has been writing about history and Thoroughbred racing since 1988 and has been a contributing writer/editor for Equus magazine since 1989.
		I did mostly veterinary medical pieces and investigative stories on issues in horse racing and the equine world, such as advances in equine veterinary medicine; the slaughter industry; the horse show industry's scandal in which horses were killed for insurance money; the governmental policies on control of the wild horse population.
		Hillenbrand: Gary Ross, the author of the movies "Big," (for which he received an Oscar nomination) "Dave," and "Pleasantville," wrote the screenplay--the movie is in production now.
	www.webdelsol.com /SolPix/sp-laurainterview.htm (1430 words)

	Online NewsHour: Conversation: Sea Biscuit - May 4, 2001
		LAURA HILLENBRAND: Seabiscuit was the number one newsmaker of 1938, judging by newspaper column inches-- they used to keep statistics on that.
		LAURA HILLENBRAND: I think in terms of Seabiscuit, there are periods in history where people are looking for certain attributes.
		LAURA HILLENBRAND: For the jockey and for the horse.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/conversation/jan-june01/seabiscuit_05-04.html (1765 words)

	CNN.com - Entertainment - Author escapes illness with stirring 'Seabiscuit' - May 4, 2001
		Hillenbrand's earning raves for her retelling of Seabiscuit's improbable run in the 1930s, when he transformed from claimer horse with a "difficult" streak and the body of a cow pony to the celebrated champion of a country steeped in financial chaos and talk of a second world war.
		Hillenbrand had earlier discovered writing as an escape from the misery of her illness.
		Hillenbrand believes the story of the horse lies as much in those who surrounded him, and her attention to them paints a picture of early 20th century America and its golden age of horse racing.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/books/05/04/seabiscuit (912 words)

	The Saratogian - News - 08/10/2003 - Laura Hillenbrand revealed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hillenbrand's debut book, "Seabiscuit," has lit up the nation ever since its release in 2001, but she has not been physically able to enjoy the accolades coming her way.
		Overcoming conflict is a major part of the Seabiscuit story, and Hillenbrand says her goal was to write it in a way that would be appeal to both racing fans and to the general public.
		Hillenbrand was aided in her research for the book, as well as for the newly published illustrated edition which cites Cravens, curator of collections Lori Fisher and other members of the museum in its introduction for their assistance.
	www.saratogian.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1169&dept_id=17776&newsid=9985770&PAG=461&rfi=9 (1943 words)

	LAURA HILLENBRAND'S "SEABISCUIT:" A CRITICAL APPRAISAL
		Hillenbrand spent years tracking down dozens of stable hands, retired jockeys, former owners, racing writers of the 1930s and seemingly everyone who ever came in contact with Howard, Pollard and trainer "Silent Tom" Smith.
		Hillenbrand never referred to Howard's rumored future book bet, despite the fact that earlier in the volume she told of other wagers that Howard and his friends reportedly made with Caliente bookmakers.
		Will he split that with the actor aboard Kayak?) Strangely, while Hillenbrand's footnotes cite numerous newspaper stories about the race, both her original hardback and the recently issued paperback disregard articles in The Times that suggested Kayak was held back to assure a Seabiscuit victory.
	www.csupomona.edu /~reshaffer/seabis1x.htm (1239 words)

	Salon.com Books \| "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
		The horrors Hillenbrand describes jockeys enduring are even more awful: starvation diets, purgatives, summertime jogging in rubber suits, even the last resort of swallowing a tapeworm's egg.
		Hillenbrand also has a good sense of what to leave out, which may account for the book's near-perfect pacing and length.
		Introducing her human characters, Hillenbrand doesn't, thank goodness, waste any space on the begats, those snoozer passages that you have to endure in biographies and histories when you just want to get to the story.
	www.salon.com /books/review/2001/03/14/hillenbrand/index1.html (845 words)

	USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Laura Hillenbrand: In case my answer didn't come through, here it is again: Yes, he was a breeding stallion for seven years.
		Laura Hillenbrand: Red Pollard was not a great rider overall, but I think what encouraged Tom to stick with him was the fact that, when he was paired with Seabiscuit, he was great.
		Laura Hillenbrand: I am open to any subject that moves me. Slew and Cigar have already found their biographers, but if I ever do find another story about a racehorse that is as compelling as this one, I'll write it.
	cgi1.usatoday.com /mchat/20020530001/tscript.htm (3378 words)

	Seabiscuit and Best-Selling Author Featured on National TV \| bloodhorse.com
		Seabiscuit, the rags-to-riches Thoroughbred hero of the 1930s, and Laura Hillenbrand, the author who wrote the best-selling book detailing the life of the horse and his connections, were featured Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" program.
		Hillenbrand's childhood love of horses compelled her to research and write "Seabiscuit: An American Legend." The book has been on the best-seller list for 23 weeks and is being made into a movie.
		Hillenbrand was a normal, active person whose hobbies included swimming and horseback riding before she became ill.
	www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=5635 (528 words)

	THE ROMANCE READER reviews: Seabiscuit - An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
		Hillenbrand doesn’t shirk in presenting the seamy side of racing in the 1930s, and her descriptions of the general poverty and brutal weight-control regimens of the jockeys may leave some readers feeling more than a bit queasy: rubber suits, foul purgatives, and in extreme cases, tapeworm eggs.
		Hillenbrand’s clear insight into their lives makes their accomplishments all the more memorable.
		Hillenbrand’s description of the day a solid mountain of manure got swept up in a flood and demolished the Agua Caliente racetrack in Tijuana is nothing short of hilarious.
	www.theromancereader.com /hillenbrand-seabiscuit.html (699 words)

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		Laura Hillenbrand has spent nearly her entire life as a self-described horse lover, and on Monday in Miami Beach, Florida, she was honored by the Turf Publicists of America for her contributions to the sport of Thoroughbred racing with the 36th annual "Big Sport of Turfdom" award.
		Hillenbrand, who can barely leave her Washington D. home due to chronic fatigue syndrome and was unable to attend the luncheon, became just the fifth woman to win the Big Sport of Turfdom award.
		The video also said Hillenbrand has received and granted more than 100 interview requests from media outlets, a major factor in her winning the award annually presented to an individual in the sport that has a positive relationship and seeks to promote racing.
	www.chronicfatiguesupport.com /library/print.cfm?ID=3382 (413 words)

	Betting on Seabiscuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Laura Hillenbrand's book has been a No. 1 best-seller, and what makes her achievement all the more remarkable is that she suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome, a disorder that afflicts some 800,000 Americans and is marked by physical and mental exhaustion, recurring aches and fleeting fevers.
		Her book, a chronicle of the racetrack world of 1930s America, is such a hit that Hillenbrand has become a leading spokesperson for victims of chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS.
		Hillenbrand's service coincides with welcome developments in the field, including new thinking about the syndrome's causes as well as new treatments.
	www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues02/dec02/fatigue.html (345 words)

	Bookreporter.com - SEABISCUIT: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
		In this way, Hillenbrand, a well-established thoroughbred-racing journalist, lets the story of this remarkable horse tell itself, needing only her evocative prose to guide it along.
		Hillenbrand encapsulates her history and sporting lessons in the trappings of the kind of rags-to-riches story that is impossible not to relate to, the secret that makes this book a fascinating read for those new to thoroughbred racing or those (the author of this review included) pitifully ignorant of the seminal events of American history.
		Ultimately though, the appeal of Seabiscuit, the appeal that transcends the borders of time, sport and species, is that he combined in his short stocky cow-pony frame, the kind of magical excellence we all strive and wish for with the endearingly every-man quality that we can all relate to.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0449005615.asp (288 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Seabiscuit: An American Legend - Laura Hillenbrand - Paperback - Bargain
		Laura Hillenbrand has done what only great writers can do: She has taken a story that in other, less capable hands would be fodder strictly for the racing crowd, and written as dramatic and informative a biography of a horse and of 1938 America as you'll find.
		Hillenbrand, a contributing writer at Equus magazine, is a deft storyteller whose descriptions of such races are especially good, filled with images of pounding hooves and splattering mud.
		Hillenbrand deftly blends the story with explanations of the sport and its culture, including vivid descriptions of the Tijuana horse-racing scene in all its debauchery.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ISBN=0641637748&userid=ZU4hjeoBu5&cds2Pid=8880 (1402 words)

	CFSupport
		Hillenbrand, who suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and is rarely able to leave her Washington D.C. residence, spent four years researching and writing the book from her home.
		Hillenbrand's meticulous research and writing skills have also drawn attention to ways in which she copes with chronic fatigue syndrome.
		Laura Hillenbrand, the author of the best-selling book 'Seabiscuit,' discusses her struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome.
	www.geocities.com /cfsnova/media-2001.html (1019 words)

	Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand discusses her illness and her bestselling book on Beliefnet. -- Beliefnet.com
		Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand discusses her illness and her bestselling book on Beliefnet.
		Laura Hillenbrand, author of 'Seabiscuit,' discusses her Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and how the book affected her life.
		Laura Hillenbrand, now 36, remains disabled by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/80/story_8043_1.html (532 words)

	ASLAPR -- Braille and Talking Book Library Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Now Laura Hillenbrand unfolds the spellbinding story of this marvelous animal, the world he lived in, and the men who staked their lives and fortunes on his dazzling career.
		Laura Hillenbrand has suffered through most of her adult life from a non-curable disease called chronic fatigue syndrome.
		Hillenbrand understands all this from her own very personal experience and is telling a story she has not just read about but has experienced in her own life!!
	www.dlapr.lib.az.us /braille/booktalk9-03.cfm (805 words)

	Amazon.com: Seabiscuit: An American Legend: Books: Laura Hillenbrand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hillenbrand details the ups and downs of "team Seabiscuit," from early training sessions to record-breaking victories, and from serious injury to "Horse of the Year"--as well as the Biscuit's fabled rivalry with War Admiral.
		All of these would be strong candidates, but my Eclipse Award goes to Laura Hillenbrand, for rising up out of her sickbed often enough and long enough to accomplish something just as miraculous as the feats that Seabiscuit and team pulled off.
		In the book Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand, the author, retells the story of Seabiscuit and the men that risked their fortune and lives on the horse's career.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0449005615?v=glance (3195 words)

	Used Book Central Search / title: seabiscuit
		Hillenbrand- Laura: NEW Sports Ballantine Books BOOK-PAPER The author retraces the amazing journey of Seabiscuit- a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that nevertheless made racing history in 1938- thanks to the efforts of a trainer- an owner- and a jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a CDB0449005615
		Hillenbrand- Laura: NEW Sports Random House Inc BOOK-HARDCOVER The author retraces the amazing journey of Seabiscuit- a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that nevertheless made racing history in 1938- thanks to the efforts of a trainer- an owner- and a jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a CDB0375502912
		Hillenbrand- Laura/ Scott- Campbell (NRT): NEW Audio Bks on Tape/CD Random House BOOK-CASSETTE Follows the story of the champion racehorse and the three men who discovered him- chronicling how a former bicycle repairman purchased the horse despite its lack of promise- and how the horse rose to become one of the sport's top performers.
	www.usedbookcentral.com /texis/ubc/searchbooks,title,seabiscuit,jump,40.html (838 words)

	American Horse Publications \| Laura Hillenbrand & Thoroughbred Charities Team Up on Seabiscuit Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sherman McGrew sent Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand a note from Balad, Iraq, telling her about how he had taken a copy of her book on a mission to administer medical care to girls at a dilapidated village school.
		McGrew's story, and the plight of Iraqi children, were deeply moving to Hillenbrand, who began looking into ways to get her book to the children in their native language.
		Hillenbrand is taking no royalties; all author royalties will be reinvested in more books for the children.
	www.americanhorsepubs.org /news_updates/news_update_842.html (842 words)

	Powell's Books - Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
		Author Laura Hillenbrand has researched and brilliantly retold this rags-to-riches story set during a time of war, depression, and uncertainty.
		Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.
		Hillenbrand's riveting about underdog racehorse Seabiscuit is now a major motion picture from Universal, starring Tobey Maguire, Chris Cooper, Jeff Bridges, and William H. Macy.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-0449005615-5 (994 words)

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		Laura Hillenbrand does not keep the pell-mell schedule that one might expect of a newly crowned literary lioness.
		Hillenbrand is afflicted with chronic fatigue syndrome, a disorder marked by physical and mental exhaustion, recurring aches and fleeting fevers.
		Frustration with medical practice is a frequent side effect of chronic fatigue syndrome, and Hillenbrand would see seven internists and numerous specialists who attributed her illness to Epstein-Barr virus infection, a sinus infection, bulimia and, though she was 20, the onset of puberty.
	www.fibromyalgiasupport.com /library/print.cfm?ID=4188 (2945 words)

	A Matter of Dignity: Author with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Perseveres - and Writes a Best-Seller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hillenbrand says her problems began after she developed a case of food poisoning on a car trip between her Maryland home and the college campus in Ohio.
		Hillenbrand used the rest room after the appointment, started to walk out â“ and was shocked to find the doctor standing there with his ear cupped to the bathroom door, listening to determine whether Hillenbrand was forcing herself to vomit.
		Hillenbrand remembered reading a book as a child about a small horse from the Great Depression, a castoff who became Americaâs darling when he beat the famous horse War Admiral in a head-to-head race back in 1938.
	www.immunesupport.com /library/showarticle.cfm/ID/3206 (1910 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Seabiscuit' author puts a face on chronic fatigue syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In media interviews after the book was published and now with the movie's release, Hillenbrand has described writing the book while having bouts of dizzy spells so bad that she had trouble reading the lines on her computer.
		Instead of a quick recovery, she found that she continued to have symptoms that sapped her energy and made it difficult for her to concentrate or even write more than one line a day when the symptoms were at their worst.
		Hillenbrand was just 19 when she became sick.
	www.usatoday.com /life/2003-08-04-seabiscuit-author_x.htm (663 words)

	American Horse Publications \| Laura Hillenbrand & Bill Nack Recipients of Charities’ 2003 Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Thoroughbred Charities of America has named Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand as the 2003 recipient of the Allaire C. du Pont Humanitarian Award, while writer Bill Nack will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Magazine Writing and speak to the Gala audience.
		Hillenbrand’s book Seabiscuit, An American Legend and the subsequent movie took hold of readers, racing fans and movie-goers in a magical way, creating both excitement and new fans for the racing industry.
		Hillenbrand served as a consultant for Universal Pictures as well as a PBS documentary on Seabiscuit's life.
	www.americanhorsepubs.org /news_updates/news_update_709.html (675 words)

	Rambles: Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is an incredible story, and although the racing community remembers, for the most part it's been lost to the general public.
		With Laura Hillenbrand's excellent biography, that is thankfully no longer true.
		It seems every bit a novel as much as a biography, and I think Hillenbrand was the perfect author to capture this tale.
	www.rambles.net /hillenbrand_cbiscuit01.html (554 words)

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