The Horse Tamer (Black Stallion)

While waiting for a delayed airplane old Henry Dailey the Blacks trainer tells young Alec Ramsay a story of his own youth travelling with his brother Bill. Bill Daileys talent as a horse-whisperer was unmatched in the days before the automobile and young Henry tells of an unscrupulous con-man who mistreats horses into behaving temporarily. Bill is determined to show that the man is a fraud but can he unmask the con without getting hurt?Walter Farley experimented with many genres of writing and here in his only foray into historical fiction he weaves a fascinating tale of life when horses were the primary means of transportation.