About the author
Francis Kalnay (b.1899) was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1919. He worked as a farmer, as well as supporting himself through journalism and writing. Chúcaro, Wild Pony of the Pampa, which Kirkus called “a simple but effective story”, was a Newbery Medal Honor Book.
Finding the book
Easy to find, and is still in print.
Links and sources
University of Minnesota (link no longer extant)
Terri Wear: Horse Stories: An Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography
Chúcaro, Wild Pony of the Pampa
Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1958, 126 pp, illus Julian de Mickey
Walker, New York, 1993, 115 p, illus Julian de Mickey
Juan and Pedrito manage to tame a wild pony in the Argentine, but once the pony is rideable, the owner of the estancia wants the pony for his spoiled son. Part of the “Invitations to Personal Reading” series.
