A classic tale of the American plains and one boy's belief in a horse from Mary O'Hara. Ken was entranced to watch Flicka - the speed of her, the power, the wildness - she led the band. Ken loves riding on the ranch in Wyoming. All he wants is a colt of his very own. Horses are the family's livelihood, and Dad can't afford to waste a valuable animal on a dreamer like Ken. Will Ken ever get to own the horse of his dreams? A much-loved classic and firm favourite with horse lovers for over sixty years, My Friend Flicka belongs ...
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A classic tale of the American plains and one boy's belief in a horse from Mary O'Hara. Ken was entranced to watch Flicka - the speed of her, the power, the wildness - she led the band. Ken loves riding on the ranch in Wyoming. All he wants is a colt of his very own. Horses are the family's livelihood, and Dad can't afford to waste a valuable animal on a dreamer like Ken. Will Ken ever get to own the horse of his dreams? A much-loved classic and firm favourite with horse lovers for over sixty years, My Friend Flicka belongs alongside National Velvet and Black Beauty as one of the classic horse books.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. A faint pencil name on the front fly, fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with small nicks and tears at the extremities, and very slight loss at the crown. The author's first book. Basis for the eponymous 1943 film directed by Harold D. Schuster, and featuring Roddy McDowall and Preston Foster. The first edition is exceptionally uncommon in jacket.
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Very Good. 8.25 x 5.5", embossed red cloth, 349pp, covers a little rubbed and darkened, spine ends bumped, extremities fraying a little, pp toned (endpapers unevenly so), ink name of former owner at top of fep, in a rubbed, creased, edge-worn/chipped dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP, dustjacket "$2.50").
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First Edition. No DJ. A Story Press Book. No additional printing indicated on copy right page. Unmarked clean pages. Red cloth boards with embossed horse. A few small light white marks to cloth boards. Former owner's name written on front fly.
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Very Good. First edition (no additional printings listed as is correct for this publisher and this book). Hardcover in red cloth. Hardcover in red cloth. 349 pp. Very good, spine lettering readable but dulled. No jacket. Classic tale of the son of a Wyoming rancher and his horse Flicka. It was made into a 1943 movie and is best known for its adaptation into a televison series which originally ran in 1956-57 and was in reruns until 1966 and again in the mid 80s.
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Fair. No dust jacket. The Story Press, illustrations by John Stuart Curry. Stains on spine, smudges on cover, back inside cover endsheet broken. Book block is tight.
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Good. No dust jacket. MY FRIEND FLICKA BY MARY O'HARA & ILLUSTRATED JOHN S CURRY-COPYRIGHT 1941-PUBLISHED BY J B LIPPINCOTT CO-285 PAGES-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER...My Friend Flicka was written by Mary O Hara in 1941. The story... MY FRIEND FLICKA BY MARY O'HARA & ILLUSTRATED JOHN S CURRY-COPYRIGHT 1941-PUBLISHED BY J B LIPPINCOTT CO-285 PAGES-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER...My Friend Flicka was written by Mary O Hara in 1941. The story recounts the exp MY FRIEND FLICKA BY MARY O'HARA & ILLUSTRATED JOHN S CURRY-COPYRIGHT 1941-PUBLISHED BY J B LIPPINCOTT CO-285 PAGES-HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER...My Friend Flicka was written by Mary O Hara in 1941. The story recounts the experience of the McLaughlin family on their family-owned Goose Bar Ranch in Wyoming. Centered around Ken, the youngest of two brothers, the plot details his desire to have a colt of his own. Beginning in the summertime between his fifth and sixth grade years in school, we find Ken in trouble for failing to be promoted. Ken is a daydreamer and, despite his best intentions, he loses track of time, damages equipment, and ignores instructions, sometimes triggering significant problems on the ranch. The family patriarch, Rob, does not want to give Ken a foal until the boy can show responsibility. Ken s mother, Nell, convinces Rob to do so, believing that ownership of a foal will teach Ken the responsibility his father wants him to display. Through the process of choosing a foal and acquiring more trust from his father, Ken begins to grow into a sensitive and dependable son. He chooses a foal bred from a mare with tainted, wild blood, and the ranch s sire. He calls her Flicka.
