I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fai…

Laura Hillenbrand
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I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years
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