Man o' War
He has been the subject of several biographies. The first, titled "Big Red", was by C. W. Anderson and was published in 1943. "Man o' War", by Page Cooper and Roger Treat, was published in 1950, and is a classic of its kind. Walter Farley, author of "The Black Stallion" series, also wrote a slightly fictional biography of Man o' War in 1962. In 2000, Edward L. Bowen wrote a biography called "Man o' War: Thoroughbred Legends" from Eclipse Press. In 2006, Dorothy Ours wrote a new, extensively sourced biography titled "Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightning". Man o' War is also featured in several books on Thoroughbred breeding, including Avalyn Hunter's "American Classic Pedigrees (1914–2002)".