Quote of the day
What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?
Walter Farley

Born: June 26, 1915
Died: October 16, 1989 (aged 74)
Bio: Walter Farley was an American author, primarily of horse stories for children. His first and most famous work was The Black Stallion. He wrote many sequels, and the series has been continued since his death by his son Steven.
Known for:
- The black stallion (1941)
- The island stallion (1945)
- The Son of the Black Stallion (1947)
- The Black Stallion and Satan (1949)
- The black stallion's courage (1956)