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Laura Hillenbrand: A master at making a true story sing
It is inspiring to watch a master at work. Here is sentence one in chapter one of Laura Hillenbrand’s wonderful rendering of the story of a horse, Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Charles Howard had the feel of a gigantic onrushing … Continue reading
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Tagged bestsellers, exemplars, Laura Hillenbrand, literary non-fiction, non-fiction, Seabiscuit, Unbroken
