Gabrielle E Jackson
Big Jack and Other True Stories of Horses
J F Taylor & Company, New York, 1903, 181 pp.
Seven stories about horses. Big Jack was stationed at Broadway and Twenty-
gentle delivery wagon horse, he had an uncanny knack for
remembering people, even if they were absent for
several years. Charlie is a milk
delivery horse, who needs no guiding, and ultimately gives his life for his master.
A
colt named Sonny and the boy named Bob grow up together, and go off to war together,
where each has the
chance to save the other’s life. Isabel, comes home from boarding
school at Christmas time, to find her father has
sold her beloved horse, Old Nick,
to a horse dealer, and is determined to track him down and buy him back.
Gabrielle Emilie Jackson was born in 1861, and wrote over 30 titles for children. As well as a selection of school stories, she wrote animal stories and the fascinatingly titled A Series of Don’t’s For Mothers Who May, Or May Not, Be In Need Of Them. I hope it appears on Project Gutenberg soon, as it sounds like a title I am in need of. Or maybe not.
Finding the books: reasonably easy to find. Neither title was printed in the UK.
Sources and links:
Terri A. Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibilography, Scarecrow Press, 1987
Thanks to Lisa Catz for the photographs and summaries.
Some of Gabrielle E Jackson’s titles (though not the horse ones) are available on Project Gutenberg.
Bibliography -
A Blue Grass Beauty
H Altemus Company, Philadelphia, 1903, 130 pp. Uncredited illustrator
A book containing one long, and three shorter, stories. The main story is about a
horse that has to be sold, is who
is not treated well, but is later reunited with
his original mistress. The three shorter stories are about a Saint Bernard
who is
stolen from a little girl, a driving horse, and a cat.
