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Secretariat
by William Nack
I struggled to get into this one.
There is a ton of name dropping, and very little description of who they are. Some names do - inheritor of the Campbells Soup dynasty, etc, but a lot don't so it was difficult keeping everyone straight especially when it came to the syndication chapter. A full chapter on just names!
And it isn't just human names. You'll hear about Citation and Man O'War and Native Dancer and Nasrullah. If you aren't familiar to the world of racing this may be a bit of a shock.
But the races were so well done and done in so much detail that I found myself holding my breath while reading. I couldn't put it down. Unfortunately those don't really happen until the end of the book so you have a lot to slog through before you get there.
If someone is really interested in getting into the nitty gritty of Secretariat please read this book. You will learn everything you need to know to every race he lost, every race he won, every warm-up and even a history on his bloodlines.
If you are just interested in passing in Secretariat watch the movie! I enjoyed it immensely and it was well done. Keep in mind some things are exaggerated to keep it interesting, but for the most part it is pretty accurate.
There is a ton of name dropping, and very little description of who they are. Some names do - inheritor of the Campbells Soup dynasty, etc, but a lot don't so it was difficult keeping everyone straight especially when it came to the syndication chapter. A full chapter on just names!
And it isn't just human names. You'll hear about Citation and Man O'War and Native Dancer and Nasrullah. If you aren't familiar to the world of racing this may be a bit of a shock.
But the races were so well done and done in so much detail that I found myself holding my breath while reading. I couldn't put it down. Unfortunately those don't really happen until the end of the book so you have a lot to slog through before you get there.
If someone is really interested in getting into the nitty gritty of Secretariat please read this book. You will learn everything you need to know to every race he lost, every race he won, every warm-up and even a history on his bloodlines.
If you are just interested in passing in Secretariat watch the movie! I enjoyed it immensely and it was well done. Keep in mind some things are exaggerated to keep it interesting, but for the most part it is pretty accurate.