The Black Stallion and Satan [Hardcover]

Walter Farley (Author), Milton Menasco (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Random House; Fifth Printing edition (1949)
• ASIN: B002FTEHNK
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Black is once more Alec's horse but at what cost., April 25, 1998

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This review is from: Black Stallion and Satan (Paperback)

Abu Ben Ishak, the arabian owner of Shetan, dies while riding Shetan, the Black as Alec calls him. In his will, he gives the horse back to Alec. Alec learns of how he had died and is sadden by the death of the Sheik. He later learns of the race that he had placed Shetan in. Alec decides to keep the Black in the race until the day that the Black attacks another race horse on the track; makes Alec remove him from the race. It is a race that no one will see. For the others realizes that the race that they been entered in has been cancelled for one of the other racehorses has become ill with a deadly disease and is soon put down. All the horses were removed from the track to another location where soon a forest fire now threatens the very lives of those horses and Alec. It is a race for their very lives as they flee the forest fire.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Black Stallion and Satan, March 9, 2001

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Kitty (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Black Stallion and Satan (Hardcover)

The Black Stallion and Satan 176 Pages By Kitty I could Identify with Alec Ramsay when he felt some stress over the upcoming International Cup Race. His stallion, the Black was going to be racing against some of the best racing stallions and colts in the world including his own son, who was also owned by the Ramsays and trained by their good friend Henry Dailey. Alec was stressed, because he was afraid he was going to have to pull the Black from the race because he was an aggressive unpredictable horse who might be compelled to fight the other stallions. There were a number of important events that resulted in the outcome of the story, and one might almost say there were multiple climaxes. The setting had a very big effect on the main character, and in a way changed the story. I enjoyed this book a lot and hope that if you choose to buy it, you will enjoy it too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They just keep getting better!, June 6, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Black Stallion and Satan (Paperback)

Abu Ishak died! Alec inherits the Black! Now he has both the Black and Satan, his son!
The two horses are to run in the same race, the Black ridden by Alec and Satan ridden by another jockey Alec trusts. But when one of the horses at the race comes down with a deadly disease and must be put down, all the horses are quarantined will the race even go on?
At the end of the book it's not just a race for fun but more for survival.
AMAZING BOOK!