The Black Stallion

The Black Stallion is a children's book by the American writer Walter Farley in 1941 . The book was a bestseller and the first in a long series of novels of Farley on the stallion Black and his foals. The latest in the series, The Young Black Stallion (1989), was written by Farley and his son Steven.

The film The Black Stallion (1979) was based on the book. This film, starring among others Mickey Rooney, was nominated for two Oscars .

Contents

 * 1 Story
 * 2 Books
 * 3 Movies
 * 4 television
 * 5 See also
 * 6 External links

Story
The boy Alec Ramsey and the Black Stallion beaches together on a desert island. They learn to trust each other and make friends. After being rescued from the island are Alec meets a retired horse trainer, Henry Daily, which Black started to train. They give Black on for a horse race. Here he is up against two returnable champions, Cyclone and Sun Raider.

[Book Edit ]

 * 1) The Black Stallion (1941)
 * 2) The Black Stallion Returns (1945)
 * 3) Son of the Black Stallion (1947)
 * 4) The Island Stallion (1948)
 * 5) The Black Stallion and Satan (1949)
 * 6) The Black Stallion's Blood Bay Colt (1951)
 * 7) Island Stallion's Fury (1951)
 * 8) Black Stallion's Filly (1952)
 * 9) Black Stallion Revolts (1953)
 * 10) Black Stallion's Sulky Colt (1954)
 * 11) The Island Stallion Races (1955)
 * 12) Black Stallion's Courage (1956)
 * 13) The Black Stallion Mystery (1957)
 * 14) The Horse Tamer (1958)
 * 15) The Black Stallion and Flame (1960)
 * 16) The Black Stallion Challenged (1964)
 * 17) The Black Stallion's Ghost (1969)
 * 18) The Black Stallion and the Girl (1971)
 * 19) The Black Stallion Legend (1983)
 * 20) The Young Black Stallion (1989)

Movies [ edit ]

 * The Black Stallion (1979)
 * The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
 * The Young Black Stallion (2003), IMAX -film

[Television edit ]

 * Adventures of the Black Stallion (1990-1993)