Walter FarleyWalter Farley's first book, The Black Stallion, was an instant hit when it appeared in 1941. Farley went on to write thirty-three other enormously popular books about the Black Stallion and other horses which were published in more than twenty countres. He died in 1989, shortly before the publication of his last novel, The Young Black Stallion, written with his son Steven. Read More Read Less