Walter Farley (1915–1989)
Autor/a de The Black Stallion
Sobre l'autor
Walter Farley was born in Syracuse, New York on June 26, 1915. He began writing The Black Stallion when he was a student at Columbia University and completed it while working as an advertising copywriter in New York City. It was an immediate success when it was published in 1941. During World War mostra'n més II, he served in the army where he wrote the second book in the series, The Black Stallion Returns. After his discharge from the service in 1946, he became a full-time author. He wrote 20 novels in the Black Stallion series. His also wrote a fictionalized biography of America's greatest Thoroughbred, Man O'War. He died of heart failure on October 17, 1989 at the age of 74. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Walter Farley
The Black Stallion / The Black Stallion Returns / The Black Stallion's Ghost / The Black Stallion Revolts (2005) 32 exemplars
Walter Farley's How to Stay Out of Trouble With Your Horse: Some Basic Safety Rules to Help You Enjoy Riding (1981) 8 exemplars
Larry and the Undersea Raider 4 exemplars
Blitz der schwarze Hengst - Blitz kehrt heim 2 exemplars
The Black Stallion Series: Black Stallion and Satan, Black Stallion Legend, Black Stallion's Filly, Black Stallion… (1985) 2 exemplars
Song of the Black Stallion 1 exemplars
Het veulen van de zwarte hengst 1 exemplars
De onoverwinnelijke zwarte hengst 1 exemplars
Het mysterie van de zwarte hengst 1 exemplars
L'étalon noire 1 exemplars
Son of the Black Beauty 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Farley, Walter
- Nom oficial
- Farley, Walter Lorimer
- Data de naixement
- 1915-06-26
- Data de defunció
- 1989-10-16
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Venice, Florida, USA
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Syracuse, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Causa de la mort
- heart failure
- Llocs de residència
- Syracuse, New York, USA
Venice, Florida, USA
Earlville, Pennsylvania, USA
Sarasota, Florida, USA - Educació
- Columbia University (BA|1941)
- Professions
- children's book author
- Relacions
- Farley, Steven (son)
- Organitzacions
- United States Army (WWII)
Membres
Converses
The Black Stallion Series, Walter Farley a World Reading Circle (gener 2014)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (1)
4th Grade Books (1)
1940s (1)
1970s (1)
Ryan's Books (1)
Books Read in 2014 (10)
Elevenses (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 47
- També de
- 5
- Membres
- 22,081
- Popularitat
- #969
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 174
- ISBN
- 568
- Llengües
- 11
- Preferit
- 20