In 1938... the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. …

Laura Hillenbrand
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In 1938... the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. Nor was it Lou Gehrig or Clark Gable. The subject of the most newspaper column inches in 1938 wasn't even a person. It was an undersized, crooked-legged racehorse named Seabiscuit. ✨ Seabiscuit: An American Legend. Book by Laura Hillenbrand, 2001.
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