King of the Wind
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| Author | Marguerite Henry |
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| Illustrator | Wesley Dennis |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Rand McNally |
| Publication date | 1948 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA & reissue ISBN 0-7862-2848-2 |
King of the Wind is a novel by Marguerite Henry that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1949. It was made into a 1989 movie.
[edit] Plot summary
The novel is a fictionalised biography of the Godolphin Arabian, an ancestor of the modern thoroughbred. Sham is foaled in Morocco and tenderly nurtured by Agba, a mute slave boy, but is sent to France as a gift for King Louis XV of France as a young horse. The king's advisors, however, think the stallion small, skinny, and ill-formed compared to their own horses and Sham is reduced to pulling the palace cook's cart. After many adventures, Agba and Sham come to live at a great estate, Godolphin. Here, after Sham sires three champion racehorses, Lath, Cade, and Regulus, he becomes a famous racing stud.
| Preceded by The Twenty-One Balloons |
Newbery Medal recipient 1949 |
Succeeded by The Door in the Wall |
