The Black Stallion Legend

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Author:

Farley, Walter

ISBN:

978-1-299-23547-2

Publication Date:

Jan 2011

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Limited

Imprint:

Yearling

Book Format:

Ebook

List Price:

USD $17.97

Book Description:

Alec Ramsey has fled Hopeful Farm in order to alleviate his grief over Pam's sudden death. He and the Black are aimlessly wandering through the Arizona desert when they hear an amazing Native American legend: The end of the world is near, but help is promised from a rider on a black horse. Alec shrugs off the wild tale-until disaster strikes from the sky. Suddenly the fate of an entire native tribe is in his hands . . . and the mighty Black is faced with a challenge greater than...
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Author Biography

Farley, Walter (Author)

Walter Farley was born in Syracuse, New York on June 26, 1915. He began writing The Black Stallion when he was a student at Columbia University and completed it while working as an advertising copywriter in New York City. It was an immediate success when it was published in 1941. During World War II, he served in the army where he wrote the second book in the series, The Black Stallion Returns. After his discharge from the service in 1946, he became a full-time author. He wrote 20 novels in the Black Stallion series. His also wrote a fictionalized biography of America's greatest Thoroughbred, Man O'War. He died of heart failure on October 17, 1989 at the age of 74.

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