King of the Wind

Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life. Winner of the Newbery medal for 1948. "This is the story, written as fiction but following closely the actual history, of Godolphin Barb or Godolphin Arabian, ancestor of Man-O-War and one of the founders of the entire Thoroughbred strain." Newbery Medal Award.