Category: North American Authors
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Glaser, Dianne
About the author Dianne Glaser has written several novels for teenagers, amongst which is this one horse story, Summer Secrets. As yet, I have found no biographical information on this author. Finding the bookEasy to find in the USA; it was not published in the UK. Links and sourcesTerri A. Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated…
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Grant, Bruce
About the author Bruce Grant (1893–1977) was born in Texas, and is best known today for his expertise in leather braiding. His books on the subject, including The Encyclopaedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding (1972) and How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear, are still in print. He also specialised in the history of the cowboy,…
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Hass, Patricia Cecil
About the author Patricia Cecil Hass has written just the one horse book, Swampfire. Not a prolific author, she edited Conserving the Commonwealth; on the early years of the environmental movement in Virginia, and co-wrote with Richard Queen a book on his experiences as one of the Iran hostages, Hostage to Iran, Hostage to Myself.…
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Hastings, Howard L
About the author Howard L Hastings was an author and illustrator. Biographical detail about him is difficult to find. What can be ascertained is that he illustrated more than he wrote; one of the few titles he both wrote and illustrated is this horse book Top Horse of Crescent Ranch. He illustrated books for several…
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Hatch, Eric
About the author Eric Hatch (1901–73) lived in Connecticut, and was an immensely productive, and busy, man. He owned a radio station (WBIS in Bristol), wrote screenplays and plays, fiction, non fiction and magazine articles. He was also a member of the State Historical Commission, an expert horseman, director of the Connecticut Horse Shows Association,…
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Hatch, Alden
About the author Alden Hatch (1898–1975), whose brother was Eric Hatch, wrote over 40 books. Most of his works were biographies; most notably of Pope Pius XII, Pope John XXIII, Brother André, Charles de Gaulle, Woodrow Wilson, and of his friends Dwight D Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower. A fan of racing, he wrote a biography…
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Hawkes, Clarence
About the author Clarence Hawkes (1869–1954) was blinded at the age of 13 after a hunting accident; he had earlier had part of one leg amputated. He studied at the Perkins Institute in Boston, where he was a contemporary of Helen Keller. After trying several different ways of earning a living, he settled on poetry…
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Hayes, Florence
About the author Florence Hayes (b.1895) wrote several children’s books, some of which have an American Indian theme. As far as I know, she wrote two horse books. Finding the booksBoth titles are reasonably easy to find. Neither had a UK publication. Links and sourcesTerri A. Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibliography, Scarecrow Press, 1987…
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Heck, Bessie Holland
About the author Bessie Holland Heck has written several ranch-themed books for children. Two of them, as far as I’m aware, are horse books. I’ve not been able to track any biographical information down about the author, so if anyone can help, I would be deeply grateful. Finding the booksNeither book is expensive, though Cactus…
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Hill, Janet Muirhead
About the author Janet Muirhead Hill grew up on a cattle ranch in the Colorado Rockies, and dreamed of having a horse ranch and lots of children. She had four children (and has seven grandchildren) and has three horses. Her Starlight series of six books is published by her own publishing company, Raven Publishing. It…