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The Island Stallion by Walter Farley5/15/2023 ![]() ![]() The publication of his first novel, it soon turned out, marked the launching of both a saga and a career. Twenty-six-year-old Walter Farley had never even written a short story before. When The Black Stallion was published on October 15, 1941, its author was entirely unknown. The Birth of The Black Stallion – The Family Remembers ![]() Hardback, B&W illustrations by Kieth Ward – Benefits the Black Stallion Literacy Project, thank you!Īt the Gift Shop you can buy Black Stallion books and other products.Ĭlick here to visit the Gift Shop now! The Anniversary Edition – 1991 New printing of the original 1941 edition of The Black Stallion. Now available: “The Black Stallion” – 1941 Retro Edition Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.įirst printed as “The Black Stallion” – 1941 Random House Dependent on each other for survival, boy and horse learn to trust and love each other as they establish an amazing friendship that lasts a lifetime. ![]() A shipwreck leaves young Alec stranded on a deserted island with a wild stallion. ![]()
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