About the author
James M Downie was an Australian author. He wrote children’s stories, mostly based on flying, and flying doctors. Some of his books, including Warrigal, the Story of a Wild Horse, Killer-Dog, and The Treasure of the Never-Never, were illustrated by his brother, John C Downie.
Finding the book
Reasonably easy to find, though not necessarily with dustjackets.
Links and sources
Austlit – the Australian Literature Resource
Bibliography (horse books only)
Warrigal – The Story of a Wild Horse
Hutchinson & Co, London, 1935, 190 pp, illus John C Downie
The Treasure of the Never-Never
Blackie, London, 1936, 254 pp.
