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The fourteenth book in Farley’s Black Stallion series takes a different turn, as Alec’s friend and trainer Henry Dailey tells the story of his brother Bill, one of the finest horse tamers of the late 1900s, when they were both young. At the time, before automobiles, nearly everyone used horses for work and transport, but hardly anyone really understood them. Bill’s chosen career was carriage-building, but a love and understanding of horses leads him to become a lecturer and teacher about taming hard to handle horses, helped by his young brother Hank (Henry). At first, Bill partners with a traveling salesman, Finn Caspersen, who promotes Bill’s talents and organizes the demonstrations that give him an audience and a reputation for his skills. But Finn really wants to make a show of it, selling fake cures and nostrums that do nothing, and tarnishing Bill’s actual skill and knowledge. They part ways, and then Bill and Hank must figure out how to handle the entire business, and avoid the fakery that everyone is eager to embrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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