About this title: Sailing from India to New York, young Alec Ramsay prepares himself for a boring voyage, until he sees the last passenger come aboard - a beautiful, wild black stallion. When disaster strikes, it is the stallion who saves Alec's life, and the two begin an adventure and a lifelong friendship.
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Description: Good. 0679813438 Good condition Soft cover book, some spine creases and edge/corner rubs, this book is Good! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780679813439ISBN:0679813438
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780679813439ISBN:0679813438
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780679813439ISBN:0679813438
Description: Good. Mass Market pb. Only good, with more than average condition problems. Book has been read but remains straight, clean, and tight. No internal markings but for former owner's name inside front cover. No remainder mark. No spine creasing. 1st. 1987. Mass Market pb. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780679813439ISBN:0679813438
Description: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Black Stallion (Paperback), 1. Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780679813439ISBN:0679813438
Description: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Black Stallion (Paperback), 1. Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780679813439ISBN:0679813438
Description: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Black Stallion (Paperback), 1. Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
"This is a great read aloud to kids book. Because it's a good story, and also because it's easy to skim ahead over some of the descriptive paragraphs and get to the good stuff. I actually teared up a little reading the final race scene to Lucy. She couldn't figure out what was wrong with me."
"Probably first read circa 1957. During 2d childhood reread I noticed not all was as I had recalled- a little more unbelievable for sure. Also -the writing style jumped out at me: short, simple, declarative sentences one after another. Was this Farley new to the writing trade or a conscious decision to appeal to unsophisticated kid audience of the day. After a while I got used to the style & didn't notice it as much. The ending had very much the 'to be continued' feel and I can clearly remember waiting impatiently to be taken to the department store to buy the next book- owned most of them in hard cover ($2.00 each!) & still have several."
"Oh the happy days! I practically devoured all his books about the Black Stallion and also those about the Red Stallion. I think those were the first books I read on my own and they made for a life of addiction to the written word. A must read for every kid that wants adventure - not just crazy little girls. :)"
"I've been an avid horse fanatic since before I can remember. Unfortunately, when you're a kid growing up in the city, there's nothing a horse fanatic can do about it until they grow up and can afford (or work for) lessons of their own.
When I was a teenager, my parents movied to Long Island, and I finally had the opportunity to work summers at a barn in exhange for riding lessons.
Today I teach riding to little kids, and spend as much time in a barn as a can.
In those years before my horse crazy self had my own horses to adore, and lessons and training to look forward to, these books, among others kept my dream of being an equestrian going.
Although I may not have loved all the farley books equally, (and I've only just realized that there were around 20 of them,) they're all still great books in my opinion. A definite gift for the horse crazed kid."
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