The Silver Brumby
by Elyne Mitchellliterary work· published 1958
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The Silver Brumby is a 1958 novel for children by Australian author Elyne Mitchell. It was commended for the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1959. The story follows the fortunes of a young stallion in a herd of brumbies in the Australian mountain country as he fights his way to the leadership of the herd. The reviewer in The Bulletin had a few reservations about the book: "One has some doubts about the way the horses talk in it – Mrs. Mitchell, with her essentially realistic approach, hasn't set up quite the right climate of fantasy where this could be acceptable – and, with one brumby-hunt following another and the stallions incessantly fighting, it is a bit repetitive: but against that Mrs. Mitchell does know her country and does know her brumbies".
Adaptations (1)
The Silver Brumby was adapted into a 1992 film.
The Silver Brumby1992 · film · 93 min · dir. John Tatoulis · IMDb ↗IMDb5.8A mother tells her daughter a fable about the prince of the brumbies, brumby being a term for the feral horses of Australia, who must find its place among its kind, while one man makes it his mission to capture it and tame it. Australian adaptation of Elyne Mitchell's "The silver Brumby".
