King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The fictional part of the story is about Sham’s little horse-boy, Agba, and how he eventually brings them both to fame and fortune.Īs in many good stories, the hero, Agba, defies his enemies, the wicked stable master and his unpredictable and wealthy owner, the sultan, and protects the weak little colt when its dam dies. There is Arabian magic in Sham’s birth, the signs of future greatness on him noticed only by the faithful little horse-boy, and when Agba sees him outrun the other more privileged colts, it leads him to make a promise: he will ride Sham in front of multitudes who will bow down before him and call him King of the Wind. Written in 1948 by an award-winning American author of animal stories, this novel is part truth, part fiction. The true story concerns a colt called Sham – the Sun – who became sire of the illustrious Arabian Godolphin dynasty of racehorses whose descendants still astound race-goers today. ![]()
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