Walter Farley
(1915 - 1989)
Walter Lorimer Farley (June 26, 1915 – October 16, 1989) was the son of Walter Patrick Farley and Isabelle “Belle” L. (Vermilyea) Farley. He was an American author, primarily of horse stories for children. Educated at Columbia, where he received a B.A. in 1941. His first and most famous work was The Black Stallion (1941). He wrote many sequels, and the series has been continued since his death by his son Steven.
Bibliography
The Island Stallion (1948)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Keith Ward
The Island Stallion Races (1955)
With the help of an extraterrestrial visitor, Steve Duncan races Flame.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
The Island Stallion’s Fury (1951)
Steve Duncan and Pitch return to Azul Island and Flame - only to be met by a vicious intruder.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
Larry and the Undersea Raider (1942)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
P. K. Jackson
Little Black: A Pony (1961)
When his master graduates to a full size horse, the little pony is lonely, until …
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Little Black Goes to the Circus (1963)
The little black pony tries and tries again, and succeeds at the circus.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
The Little Black Pony Races (1968)
The little black pony gets a chance to show what he can do in a race.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Man o’ War (1962)
A fictionalized biography of America’s greatest race horse.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
Son of the Black Stallion (1947)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
The Young Black Stallion (1989)
How the Black stallion ended up on that tramp freighter with Alec Ramsay.
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Author(s):
Steven Farley
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Sanderson
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