![]() Anna Sewell died on Apin Old Catton, Norfolk. Preceded in death by her husband of 43 years Ronald. At least eight motion pictures have been made based on the novel and it is a well known children's classic. Myrtis Ann Sewell, 69 of Deer Park, TX, passed away January 18, 2012. In the one hundred plus years since "Black Beauty" had been published, over 30 million copies have been printed. Even though the book was intended for children, it impacted all generations and caused everyone who read it to take a look at the inhumane treatment horses received. The book was about the abuses horses sustained in their lifetimes, but was told from the unique viewpoint of the horse. While she never earned much from the book while she was alive, after her death, the novel snowballed into a something extraordinary. She wrote "Black Beauty" when she was in her fifties, but died a year after it was published in 1877. ![]() It was this form of freedom that sparked her concern for the welfare of horses. ![]() Even though she could not walk well, she could still ride horses and drive a horse drawn buggy. At the age of fourteen, Sewell hurt her knee during a fall and the injury never healed right. She was raised a Quaker by her father a bank manager and her mother, a children's novelist. Anna Sewell, MaApAnna Sewell was on Main Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. ![]()
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