Jean Bothwell
The Emerald Clue
Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1961. 191 pp. Illus Artur F. Marokvia
Tara’s favoruite horse Raj-
missing horses, but Tara begs her father to allow her
to go with him on the search.
Jean Bothwell was a Nebraskan. She was a Methodist missionary, based in India, about which she wrote many books, including the two horse stories below. In all, she wrote over 50 books. After her missionary service, she settled in New York City. The Thirteenth Stone won the 1946 New York Herald Tribune Spring Book Festival Award for the best children's book for 8 to 12 year olds.
Finding the books: both are easy to find in the USA. Neither had a UK printing.
Sources and links:
Terri A. Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibilography, Scarecrow Press, 1987
Good Reads on Jean Bothwell
Pooja Makhijani is researching the life of Jean Bothwell
Many thanks to Lisa Catz for the photograph .
Bibliography -
The Thirteenth Stone, a story of Rajputana
Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1946, illuss Margaret Ayer. 225 pp.
E M Hale & Company, 1963
Ivan gets a job as a horseboy so he can feed himself and Babban. However, Babban
and others are trying to
return Jivan to his rightful place in Indian government,
something that his trip with the black horse will help
accomplish.