For their help the author is grateful to
BEN JONES, Calumet Farm, Lexington, Kentucky
H. A. (JIMMY) JONES, Calumet Farm, Lexington, Kentucky
OLIN GENTRY, Darby Dan Farm, Lexington, Kentucky
HORACE WADE, Director, Gulf Stream Park, Florida
LEO O’DONNELL, Steward on the Eastern Circuit
AVERY E. BROWN and J. S. PERLMAN, Triangle Publications, Inc., New York and Chicago
J. A. ESTES, Editor of The Blood Horse, Lexington, Kentucky
BLANCHE GARRISON, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, niece of Rosa Hoots
F. L. DALE, Skiatook, Oklahoma, friend of the Hoots family
WILLIAM HOGE, Indian historian and columnist for the Tulsa World
B. YOREL, Indian weaver, Tulsa, Oklahoma
JAMES E. GOURLEY, Head Librarian, Tulsa Public Library
FLORENCE L. BRALY, Reference Librarian, Tulsa Public Library
ALLIE BESS MARTIN, Head of Extension and Children’s Work, Tulsa Public Library
KIM GEORGE, Consultant in Children’s Reading, Tulsa Public Library
ROBERTA B. SUTTON, Reference Librarian, Chicago Public Library
IDA G. WILSON, Head Librarian, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois
MILDRED G. LATHROP, Reference Librarian, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois
EUGENIA WHELAN, Head Librarian, Hollywood Public Library, Hollywood, Florida
PEGGY RYDER, Hollywood Public Library, Hollywood, Florida
and especially to
the Mooneys—Marjorie, Jaydee and Paul
The Marguerite Henry Horseshoe Library
Misty of Chincoteague
King of the Wind
Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague
Born to Trot
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Black Gold
Stormy, Misty’s Foal
Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West
Aladdin Paperbacks
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First Aladdin Paperbacks edition, 1992
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Henry, Marguerite, 1902-
Black gold / by Marguerite Henry ; illustrated by Wesley Dennis.
p. cm.—(The Marguerite Henry horseshoe library)
Summary: A heroic small-boned horse with a will to win is finally ridden to glory by his devoted jockey.
ISBN 978-0-689-71562-4
ISBN 978-1-4424-8807-6 (eBook)
1. Horses—Juvenile fiction. [1. Horses—Fiction. 2. Horse racing—Fiction.] I. Dennis, Wesley, ill. II. Title.
III. Series: Henry, Marguerite, 1902- Marguerite Henry horseshoe library.
PZ10.3.H43B1 1992
[Fic]—dc20
91-4907
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