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King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian Paperback - 1948
by Margueritte Henry
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- Title King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
- Author Margueritte Henry
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Scholastic, New York
- Date 1948
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6836877
- ISBN 9780590453165 / 0590453165
- Reading level 830
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
After a opening chapter at a race course in Windsor, Ontario, in 1920, this novel is a fictionalized biography of the Godolphin Arabian, one of the three stallions who started the thoroughbred breed. Its human hero is the mute horseboy Agba who is present at the birth of the foal in the Sultan's stable in Morocco and names him Sham (Sun). He is chosen to go with the horse as part of a gift to the King of France. The spirited horse suffers many misfortunes and survives only through Agba's faithfulness, but comes at last to glory through the achievements of his sons.
First line
THE morning fog had lifted, giving way to a clear day.