Download or read book The Black Stallion Legend written by Walter Farley and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1983 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The black stallion helps save an Indian tribe during a time of disaster, thereby fulfilling an ancient prophecy.
Download or read book Son of the Black Stallion written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alec receives the Black Stallion’s first son as a gift, he believes his dreams have come true, but Satan’s savage arrogance makes him dangerous and unpredictable. Still, Alec is resolved to gain the fiery colt’s trust, even if he must risk his life to do it.
Download or read book The Black Stallion written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1991-08-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1941, Walter Farley's best-selling novel for young readers is the triumphant tale of a boy and a wild horse. From Alec Ramsay and the Black's first meeting on an ill-fated ship to their adventures on a desert island and their eventual rescue, this beloved story will hold the rapt attention of readers new and old. This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Stories) in Appendix B.
Download or read book The Black Stallion s Ghost written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1995-04-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While riding the Black in the Everglades one day, Alec meets a man astride a ghostly gray mare. Alec’s fascination with the man turns to fear as he realizes the man is dangerously close to insanity. Soon Alec and the Black are caught up in a deadly chase through the depths of the Everglades, where a misstep could be fatal.
Download or read book The Black Stallion s Courage written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Hopeful Farm burns down, Alec’s dreams for the future go up in smoke. How can he get the money to rebuild? To make matters worse, a strong young colt named Eclipse has taken the racing world by storm, threatening to replace the Black in the hearts of racing fans. Against all odds, Alec sets out to save the farm and prove that the Black is still the greatest race horse of all time! “Everyone loves a champion. And when the champion is a gallant horse, when his story is told by a champion writer of horse stories, every reader is a winner.”—The New York Times
Download or read book The Young Black Stallion written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this prequel to The Black Stallion, we learn the story of the Black before he was shipwrecked with Alec Ramsay. Born in the mountain stronghold of Sheikh Abu Ishak, the colt shows great promise. During a band of robbers’ attempt to steal him, the colt escapes and learns to survive on his own in the high mountains. Will he ever find his way home?
Download or read book The Black Stallion and the Lost City written by Steve Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alec and the Black are hired to work as stunt doubles in a film about Alexander and his horse, Bucephalus, they find themselves on set in the remote mountains of the Greek/Bulgarian border. Movie making involves a lot of waiting, so they set out for a morning of exploring. Chasing an elusive albino mare, the two find themselves caught in an underground river which drops them, half-drowned, beside a city lost in time. Revered at first, they soon discover that they are intended as the entertainment at a horrific ritual . . . sacrifices to the legendary flesh-eating mares in the coloseum of King Diomedes. Another thrilling new Black Stallion novel by Walter Farley's son, which proves that the art of writing a great horse story is definitely in the genes!
Download or read book The Black Stallion and the Shape shifter written by Steven Farley and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being injured while racing in Ireland’s famous Foster Stakes, the Black and Alec head to the Irish coast to recuperate. While there, they are charmed by the pleasant people and intrigued by tales of the kelpie, a shape-shifting creature of myth who carries unsuspecting riders off to a watery grave. Alec meets a lonely local girl, Mora, who has found a stray pony. Alec, recognizing her love of horses, teaches her to ride. But when Mora disappears, Alec realizes that she has been carried off by the mythical kelpie. Now, Alec and the Black must race the shape-shifter, not realizing that if they lose, not only will Mora be lost forever, but so will the Black.
Download or read book The Black Stallion Returns written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1991-08-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the second book in the series, the heart-stopping adventures of the Black Stallion continue as Alec discovers that two men are after the Black. One claims to be the Black’s rightful owner and one is trying to kill the beautiful steed. An Arab chieftain proves his ownership of the Black and takes him away, but Alec is determined to find his horse again. Following the pair to Arabia, Alec encounters great evil and intrigue, as only a horse as spectacular as the Black could inspire.
Download or read book The Horse Tamer written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While waiting for a delayed airplane, old Henry Dailey, the Black's trainer, tells young Alec Ramsay a story of his own youth, travelling with his brother, Bill. Bill Dailey's talent as a horse-whisperer was unmatched in the days before the automobile and young Henry tells of an unscrupulous con-man who mistreats horses into behaving temporarily. Bill is determined to show that the man is a fraud, but can he unmask the con without getting hurt?Walter Farley experimented with many genres of writing and here, in his only foray into historical fiction, he weaves a fascinating tale of life when horses were the primary means of transportation.
Download or read book The Black Stallion written by Walter Farley and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to play an important part in his life.
Download or read book Man O War written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Secretariat and Seabiscuit, Man o’ War set the standard for horse racing. Walter Farley, the creator of the Black Stallion, chronicles the mightiest racer ever seen on an American racetrack from his surging power and blistering speed to his overwhelming desire to run! Here is the unofficial biography of the “red giant,” from the moment he was foaled through all of his racing triumphs. Winning an astonishing 20 of his 21 starts, Man o’ War became a legend, and captured the heart of a nation before he retired in 1920 to sire Hard Tack, the father of Seabiscuit, and Triple Crown winner War Admiral. With his seamless storytelling, Farley tells the life story of the horse most horse lovers continue to regard as America’s greatest thoroughbred. Told through the eyes of a fictional stableboy, Danny Ryan, Farley makes the intricate world of the “Sport of Kings” accessible and exciting to horse lovers and racing fans of all ages.
Download or read book The Black Stallion and Flame written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While flying to a race, Alec Ramsay and the Black’s plane crash-lands in the stormy Caribbean. Chance brings the Black to the hidden island home of the giant red stallion, Flame. Such a small island can only support one alpha male. But before the two can fight–a fight that can only result in the death of one–a new danger appears. Together, can the stallions defeat the deadly foe which threatens the lives of the entire herd of wild horses?
Download or read book The Island Stallion written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Steve Duncan is asked to go on an archeological search on a remote Caribbean island, he never imagines the stallion he will find there. But the giant horse is unapproachable, showing nothing but fear and fury towards people. When the stallion gets caught in quicksand, can Steve get close enough to save the wild horse?
Download or read book The Black Stallion s Blood Bay Colt written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1994-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He had his mother's champion bloodlines and his father's fiery spirit!
Download or read book The Black Stallion and the Girl written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hopeful Farm’s success has greatly increased Alec and Henry’s workload, and finally, Alec decides to seek help. When Pam Athena, a very diminutive and very pretty girl applies for the job, Alec can’t imagine that she could be of any use. But then he sees how well she works with the horses. Even the Black, usually untrusting of strangers, is surprisingly calm around her . . . and it isn’t long before Alec himself falls under her spell.
Download or read book Mustang Moon written by Terri Farley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Phantom is blamed for the sudden disappearance of mares from local ranches, it is up to thirteen-year-old Sam to defend his innocence and his life.
