About the author
Mary Katherine MacDougall wrote a single horse story, Black Jupiter. She also appears to have written several books on healing and allied matters.
Finding the books
Easy to find, and not expensive when it does turn up.
Links and sources
National Library of Congress
Thanks to Lisa Catz for the photograph and summary
Bibliography (horse books only)
Black Jupiter
Broadman Press, Nashville, 1960, 181 pp, illus William Moyers
Prospector Jim finds a newborn, half frozen colt in the mountains, and brings him home to his cabin to try and save. Living alone, he is glad to have the colt for company. Jim is known as a mysterious hermit, who distrusts people. The colt, Black Jupiter, helps draw Jim into the warm friendship of the neighbouring Jordan family, as well as into contact with society again
