Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
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)