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Laura Hillenbrand

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in Fairfax, Virginia, The United States

May 15, 1967

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http://laurahillenbrandbooks.com/

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Laura Hillenbrand (born 1967) is the author of the acclaimed Seabiscuit: An American Legend, a non-fiction account of the career of the great racehorse Seabiscuit, for which she won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2001. The book later became the basis of the 2003 movie Seabiscuit. Her essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Equus magazine, American Heritage, The Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Times, The Backstretch, Turf and Sport Digest, and many other publications. Her 1998 American Heritage article on the horse Seabiscuit won the Eclipse Award for Magazine Writing.

Born in Fairfax, Virginia, Hillenbrand studied at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, but was forced to leave before graduation when she contracted chronic fatigue syndrome ...more

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Laura Hillenbrand’s books

Average rating: 4.37 · 1,182,434 ratings · 59,138 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 1,005,152 ratings — published 2010 — 123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating — 169,103 ratings — published 1999 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive 4.53 avg rating — 7,919 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seabiscuit: The Screenplay by Gary Ross, Laura Hillenbrand (Foreword by) 4.31 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unbroken (Korean Edition) Vol.2 by Laura Hillenbrand, Shin seung mi (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 67 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unbroken (Korean Edition) Vol.1 by Laura Hillenbrand, Shin seung mi (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 43 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Horse 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Xseabiscuit Bookpeople it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equus, No. 222, April 1996 by Diane Johnson, Brenda F Sappington PhD (Foreword), Victoria von Kap-herr (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

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“The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

tags: revenge, suffering

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“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

tags: dignity, life, survival

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Addendum: Since we only usually get about 11 or so votes each time, I'm going to close this poll and put up a tie-breaker poll for Unbroken and The Ancestor's Tale.

September is now officially a non-fiction month for genre so it's time to vote for our September read. Last day to vote will be Saturday, August 9. (Non-Fiction will no longer be present in our regular monthly genre polls)

There are some really great titles on this list so please do your research before placing your vote. Thanks!

Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand

3 votes, 33.3%

The Ancestor's Tale

Richard Dawkins

2 votes, 22.2%

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Harriet Reisen

1 vote, 11.1%

Poe: A Life Cut Short

Peter Ackroyd

1 vote, 11.1%

Starvation Heights

Gregg Olsen

1 vote, 11.1%

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder

Holly Tucker

1 vote, 11.1%

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Dee Brown

0 votes, 0.0%

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft

0 votes, 0.0%

9 total votes

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