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    Farley, Walter

    Personal

    Born June 26, , in Syracuse, NY; died of a heart attack October 16, , in Sarasota, FL; son of Walter (assistant manager in hotel) and Isabell (Vermilyea) Farley; married Rosemary Lutz, ; children: Pamela, Alice, Steve, Tim. Education: Attended Mercersburg Academy and Columbia University.

    Career

    Writer and Arabian horse breeder. Copywriter for a New York advertising agency, Consultant and promoter for films, The Black Stallion and The Black Stallion Returns. Military service: U.S. Army, Fourth Armoured Division, ; reporter for Yank, an army publication.

    Awards, Honors

    Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award, , for The Black Stallion, and , for The Black Stallion Returns; Boys Club Junior Book Award, , for The Black Stallion Returns; literary landmark established in Farley's honor by Venice Area Public Library, Venice, FL.

    Writings

    YOUNG ADULT

    The Black Stallion, (also see below), illustrations by Keith Ward

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    Walter Farley Papers, , bulk

    Access and use

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    This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

    This collection has no restrictions.

    Terms of access:

    Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

    Preferred citation:

    Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Walter Farley Papers; låda and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

    Location of this collection:

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    The Author

    Walter Farley&#;s love for horses began when he was a small boy living in Syracuse, New York, and continued as he grew up in New York City, where his family moved. Young Walter never owned a horse. But unlike most city children, he had little trouble gaining firsthand experience with horses-his uncle was a professional horseman, and Walter spent much of his time at the stables with him.

    &#;He wasn&#;t the most successful trainer of race horses,&#; Mr. Farley recalled, &#;and in a way I profited by it. He switched from runners to jumpers to show horses to trotters and pacers, then back to runners igen. Consequently, I received a good background in different kinds of horse training and the people associated with each.&#;

    Walter Farley began to write his first book, THE BLACK STALLION®, while he was a student at Brooklyn&#;s Erasmus Hall High School and Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, and finished it while he was an undergraduate at Columbia University. It was p

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