Man O'War (Black Stallion)
by:
Walter Farley (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B005KB0UPO
Publish date: September 28th 2011
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 349
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Classics,
Novels,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Animals,
Sports,
Horses,
Horse Racing
The first book I ever read about Man O'War. This is far superior to other children's books about racehorses.
I hesitate to complain about Farley. It's like complaining because the rain makes you wet while it also makes the crops swell. This one, which I never read as a kid, was interesting but so full of statistics it was dry. I thought it suffered from the lumbering plot device of the slavish groom's POV....
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