by Walter Farley
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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