by Walter Farley
Alec of off to visit his uncle in India for the summer. One his way home however, he is shipwrecked. He and a wild black stallion are the only survivors of the tragedy. As they learn to survive on a desert island in the middle of the ocean, Alec wonders how long they are going to be there. After a c...
4.75 stars I am often reluctant to reread childhood faves, because as I've aged, my reading tastes have changed. Since The Black Stallion was written almost 80 years ago, the age of the novel also gave me pause. I impulsively checked it out of the library anyway (I do have an ancient hardcover co...
How do you ever talk through a review about a book you love? This was my first time re-reading this book since the first time I came upon the book series some ten years ago. I was overwhelmed with sentiment just seeing its title in the library, and it was the first book I picked out of a pile of sev...
This is a wonderful book and made for an equally impressive movie. It's a fabulous tale about Alec Ramsey's adventures with a wild stallion he first encounters on a boat. Their adventures are gripping and entertaining. Highly recommended.
My heart has never gone pitter-patter for horses. No, I’ve never gotten swept up in that crazy love that so many young kids suffer from, horse fever. Something tells me that most of the people who pick up The Black Stallion do have horse fever. That’s okay, but it is something that must be considere...
I have no memory of this aside from the drawings. Walt, Walt, Walt, what were you thinking? Aliens? Aliens with a passion for horse racing? Aliens with a passion for horse racing so strong they are willing to transport a boy and his wild stallion from the middle of the Caribbean to Havana so they ca...
I remember loving this one as a child. Adventure, friendship, it was just wonderful. I ended up reading and re-reading this one and the others in the series, but this one remains my favorite.
See the cover? That's a arabian stallion version of Ruffian. Farley based his iconic title horse on Ruffian, an extremely fast filly (whose time at some race tracks rivals or beats those of the great stallions) who died tragically after breaking her leg in a match race.That's only one cool thing a...
Nice read.
Great book, great movie. My big sister went through the horse freak stage, so of course I had to follow suit.
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