Category: North American Authors
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Felton, Harold W
About the author Harold W Felton (1902–91) was born in Iowa, and educated at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and the University of Nebraska, ultimately studying law, which he practised for five years before working with the Internal Revenue Service. Here he worked until his retirement, but while he worked, he wrote. His principle interest…
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McCord, Joseph
About the author Joseph McCord (1880–1943) was an American author. He wrote one horse book of which I am aware: Bugles Going By (1933). Having said that, the book is not dripping with horse, but they are in there. Alas I can find no biographical information on the author. If you can help, please get…
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Lindsey, John
About the author John Lindsey (b.1909) was a pseudonym used by John Saint Clair Muriel. He wrote biographies of Wren, Lady Jane Grey and Robert Burns, and also several novels, amongst which are two horsey titles: The Bay Filly (1945) and White Socks (1948). Finding the booksNot always easy to find, but are not expensive…
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Lippincott, Joseph Wharton
About the author Joseph Wharton Lippincott (1887–1996) wrote numerous animal stories, amongst which was one horse story: The Red Roan Pony. The astute reader of the American section of this site will have noticed the Lippincott name coming up frequently as a publisher: the firm saw its origins in 1792, as a Philadelphia bookstall. Joseph…
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Longstreet, Stephen
About the author Stephen Longstreet (1907–2002) was born in New York in 1907. He was educated in Paris, at Rutgers and Harvard Universities and the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (Parsons). He worked as a magazine artist and cartoonist, and in the 1930s began writing radio shows. This developed into writing novels,…
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Luce, Willard
About the author Willard Ray Luce, Jr (1914–90) was an American author, photographer and educator, born in Utah. He wrote text books, articles and stories, and illustrated some of them with his photographs. He also wrote and illustrated 15 film strips for children. Finding the bookReasonably easy to find. Links and sourcesWillard and Celia Luce’s…
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McGiffin, Philo Norton
About the author Philo Norton McGiffin (1900–64) was born in New York. He became a professor of English at Arlington State College. He worked as a journalist for papers in New York and Florida, and during World War II, became a radio news analyst and commentator for the Texas Quality Network. He wrote several books…
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McGavran, Grace W
About the author Grace W McGavran (b.1896) was an American writer of devotional texts. She wrote a few children’s stories, amongst which is The Thunder Egg, the story of a boy who moves to a new farm, where there’s a chance he’ll get a horse. Finding the bookEasy to find. Links and sourcesMany thanks to…
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McMasters, Susanne
About the author Susanne McMasters’ The Gallant Heart isn’t a horse story: it’s the story of a real life race horse, Ben Lewis, and how Susanne and her family sacrifice themselves for the horse. The book is illustrated by the immensely popular illustrator Paul Brown. Finding the bookReasonably easy to find. Links and sourcesTerri A.…
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Kay, Helen
About the author Helen Kay wrote several books for children, of which A Pony for the Winter is the only horse title. It’s a charming read aimed at the younger reader. Finding the booksEasy to find. Links and sourcesTerri A. Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibliography, Scarecrow Press, 1987Some of her manuscripts (Little Stripe &…