About the author
Ruth Adams Knight (1894–1974) was born in Ohio and educated at Toledo University. She created a radio series, Brave Tomorrow, and wrote other radio programmes. She wrote television scripts, and books for adults and children, amongst which is this story of Thoroughbreds in Kentucky, written with Claud W Garner. Claud W Garner (1891–1978) was a composer and writer, who began writing at the age of 50. Most of his books, including Word of Honor, saw their heroes moving from poverty to wealth. As far as I am aware, the pair wrote just one book together.
Finding the book
Reasonably easy to find.
Links and sources
Ruth Adams Knight: a blog piece
Ruth Adams Knight – papers
Claud Wilson Garner – Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Horse Stories: An Annotated Bibliography – Terri Wear
Bibliography (horse books only)
Word of Honor
Ariel Books, New York, 1964, 250 pp
Set in post-depression Kentucky, Rusty is left to cope with the upkeep of Matten Acres. He
dreams of raising Thoroughbreds, but he decides instead to go into livery and rent the pastures.
