Walter Farley (1915–1989)
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
Serier
Værker af Walter Farley
The Black Stallion / The Black Stallion Returns / The Black Stallion's Ghost / The Black Stallion Revolts (2005) 32 eksemplarer
Walter Farley's How to Stay Out of Trouble With Your Horse: Some Basic Safety Rules to Help You Enjoy Riding (1981) 8 eksemplarer
Larry and the Undersea Raider 4 eksemplarer
Blitz der schwarze Hengst - Blitz kehrt heim 2 eksemplarer
The Black Stallion Series: Black Stallion and Satan, Black Stallion Legend, Black Stallion's Filly, Black Stallion… (1985) 2 eksemplarer
Song of the Black Stallion 1 eksemplar
Het veulen van de zwarte hengst 1 eksemplar
De onoverwinnelijke zwarte hengst 1 eksemplar
Het mysterie van de zwarte hengst 1 eksemplar
L'étalon noire 1 eksemplar
Son of the Black Beauty 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Farley, Walter
- Juridisk navn
- Farley, Walter Lorimer
- Fødselsdato
- 1915-06-26
- Dødsdag
- 1989-10-16
- Begravelsessted
- Venice, Florida, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Syracuse, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Dødsårsag
- heart failure
- Bopæl
- Syracuse, New York, USA
Venice, Florida, USA
Earlville, Pennsylvania, USA
Sarasota, Florida, USA - Uddannelse
- Columbia University (BA|1941)
- Erhverv
- children's book author
- Relationer
- Farley, Steven (son)
- Organisationer
- United States Army (WWII)
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Discussions
The Black Stallion Series, Walter Farley i World Reading Circle (januar 2014)
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Statistikker
- Værker
- 47
- Also by
- 5
- Medlemmer
- 22,080
- Popularitet
- #970
- Vurdering
- 3.9
- Anmeldelser
- 174
- ISBN
- 568
- Sprog
- 11
- Udvalgt
- 20