The Black Stallion
(SBS) TX 1913
by Walter Farley
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Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to play an important part in his life. Following their rescue their adventure continues in America.
The ship is sinking! Alec fights his way towards the stern of the ship where the wild black stallion is rearing in terror. Trembling, the boy heaves open the stall door to free the trapped animal. With a savage scream, the horse plunges over the rail, and drags Alec with him into the raging sea!
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
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L'étalon noir
April 30, 2003, Hachette Littérature
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Blitz, der schwarze Hengst
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Black Stallion-Gift Ed
February 12, 1982, Random House Books for Young Readers
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The Black Stallion
November 12, 1977, Random House Books for Young Readers
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The Black Stallion: (SBS) TX 1913
July 1971, Scholastic Book Services, a div. of Scholastic Magazines, Inc.
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Manufactured in the U.S.A.* / Illustrator Keith Ward 1906-2000 / Hardcover originally released in 1941 and the copyright renewed in 1968. *The Scholastic edition printed by arrangement with Random House, Inc.
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Story of a horse the New York Times has called ''the most famous fictional horse of the Century!''
Young Alec is on his way home when a black stallion is loaded on to his ship. In a tragic shipwreck Alec saves the life of the black stallion. Stranded on an island the only way to survive is to trust the other. Will Alec ever make it safely home? Will the Black beat the two best racing horses in America? Well........you'll have to read to find out. 🐎
*GOODREADS Review:
Feb 15, 2018 Candace rated it 5 of 5 stars. ''..it was amazing''*
Alex Ramsey first meets the black stallion when they're both booked on a ship called the Drake. When the ship is destroyed during a storm, the Black stallion and Alex are the only survivors. They wash up on a deserted island. Alex knows if it wasn't for the Black he won't have survived the shipwreck. When Alex is rescued from the island, he insist on the Black being saved too. Soon they are on a voyage to New York in America. What fate awaits for a boy and a wild black stallion?
I can remember reading this book around ten or eleven years old. I loved it so much I went on to read all the horse books by Walter Farley, and some by other authors as well. This was my first taste of reading for pleasure. Later, I would extend my love of reading about horses to actually owning a horse on my stepmother's farm. My stepmother, Lynne, saved horses from neglect and abuse. My first horse, Tonka, was a prancer and I loved her. Reading this book again brought back memories of bygone years of pleasurable midnight rides on Tonka. I recommend this children's novel to kids and adults alike. My copy was illustrated by Domenick D'Andrea.
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