About the author
Jack Bechdolt (John Ernest Bechdolt, 1884–1954) was a prolific writer for children, who wrote around 6,000 short stories for children. He also wrote many children’s books, concentrating on stories for boys like The Modern Handy Book for Boys, and Motion Pictures Any Boy Can Make. He was versatile; he wrote science fiction, and westerns as well as animal stories, and was a member of the Seattle Cartoonists’ Club. Several of his stories were made into films.
With his second wife, Decie Merwin (an author as well as illustrator in her own right), he collaborated on several books, which he wrote and she illustrated.
Finding the books:
Trusty and Horse Stories are both reasonably easy to find. Dulcie can be pricy.
Links and sources
Jack Bechdolt on Wikipedia
Jack Bechdolt on IMDb
Bibliography (horse books only)
Trusty, the Story of a Police Horse
Dutton, 1947, illus Decie Merwin
Police horse Trusty is almost ruined by an incident on a city street, but he’s bought for the Mounted Police, and is able to get over his problem. Eventually he is reunited with Dick and Delia, who used to own him.
Dulcie and Her Donkey
EP Dutton & Co, New York, 68pp, illus Decie Merwin
Part of the Dulcie series about a little girl.
Horse Stories
Simon & Schuster, New York, Little Golden Book, 1950, 126 pp
