El Blanco – the Legend of the White Stallion is like another book I have read by Rutherford Montgomery. It seems this author likes to express things from the horse’s point of view. Though in El Blanco, the story is told from the point of view of an elderly gentleman as well as the wild horses in the area.
The old man lives in a dry valley where no other inhabitants are found. He struggles through the drought, believing the legend that a white horse will come to the valley and with it, bring rains. The old man takes great delight in watching the wild horses of the valley. When a group of men come to hunt the horses he is saddened. And yet, he is given the opportunity to hide a heavily pregnant mare in some ruins near to where he lives.
When it comes time for the mare to foal, she gives birth to a grey colt. This ‘white’ horse is born in heavy rains and the old man rejoices that the legend is true. With the arrival of a white horse comes the much needed rains. Although his crop of corn will now go on to flourish, the old man recognises he has another concern. The group of men hunting horses are after the mare and her foal.
El Blanco – the Legend of the White Stallion
This book tells the tale of a young colt’s struggle to survive in the wild whilst also trying to escape man’s clutches. Alongside this, a legend from the Indians is woven into the tale.
This is told through the eyes of an old man who loves the valley where he is the solitary inhabitant. This is aside from the wild horses. With another man desperate to make a living from the wild horses, El Blanco ends in a delightful way that I hadn’t anticipated. This is a unique tale sure to interest horse fans.
Author – Rutherford Montgomery
Fiction – children
In my library – that it is.
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