Man o'War book

[Betsy]

I'm sorry if this is off-topic, but I wasn't sure where to put this.

Has anyone read the new Man o'War book (Man o'War, a Legend like Lightning)? I started reading it yesterday and I'm enjoying it very much; of course, Red is my favorite horse of all time, thanks to Walter Farley. I'm not sure that this book will break new ground (so much is known of MOW), but the era in which Big Red ran was fascinating (the roaring 20's), and horse racing was still barely existing in many states (NY didn't even allow parimutual wagering). The book has some great pics of Man o'War as a weanling and a yearling.....and some beautiful ones as an older stallion. It's amazing - the horse always held his head up high, as if he was royalty -he clearly knew he was something special and acted as such.

I'm really looking relishing the sections on his races -it's hard to comprehend any horse winning as easily as MOW did and to imagine the effect he had on people? I wish there was more film on him, but I suspect no film could do MOW justice.