On June 26, 1915, American author Walter Farley was born in Syracuse, New York.
On June 26, 1915, American author Walter Farley was born in Syracuse, New York.
Farley learned a lot about horses from his uncle and, while attending high school in Brooklyn, began his first and most famous work, “The Black Stallion.”
This work was published when he was an undergraduate at Columbia University and later made into a movie.
Many sequels followed with his son, Steven carrying on his writings after his death.
Farley spent five years in the Army, married and had two sons and two daughters. The children were raised on a farm in Pennsylvania and a beach house in Florida.
In Venice, Florida, his hometown library began the Walter Farley Literary Landmark in its children’s wing in 1989.
Farley died of cancer October 16, 1989 while living in Venice, Florida just before publishing his 21st book in the Black Stallion Series, “The Young Black Stallion.”
Henryetta Public Library has several books out of his Black Stallion series in the Junior Fiction section.
July themes on the library calendar include: Anti-Boredom Month; National Blueberry Month; National Hot Dog Month; Ice Cream Month and National Park and Recreation Month.
