The Black Stallion, known as "the Black" or "Shêtân", is the title character from author Walter Farley's bestselling series about the stallion and his young owner, Alec Ramsay. The series chronicles the story of an Arab sheikh's prized stallion after it comes into Alec's possession, although later books furnish the Black's back story.
The first book in the series, published in 1941, is titled The Black Stallion. The subsequent novels are about the stallion's three main offspring - his firstborn colt, Satan; his second colt, Bonfire, and his firstborn filly, Black Minx - as well as about the Black himself. Along with the Black, the series introduces a second stallion that is considered the Black's only equal - The Island Stallion, Flame. This is a separate storyline until Flame and the Black meet in three books - The Black Stallion and Flame, The Black Stallion Challenged, and The Black Stallion's Courage.
The Black Stallion was described as "the most famous fictional horse of the century" by the New York Times.
Read more about The Black Stallion: The Black Stallion Books, Characters, Horses, Movie and TV Adaptations, Reception
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