About the author
Patricia Miles Martin also wrote under the names Miska Miles, Patricia A Miles, and Jerry Lane. Patricia Miles Martin was born in Kansas, graduated from the University of Wyoming, and worked as a teacher before taking up writing as a career. This happened almost by accident when she tried to enrol for an upholstery class, found it was full, and ended up in the creative writing class, which hadn’t filled up. Her first book, Sylvester and the Voice in the Forest, was written during that class. She wrote many children’s books, and was particularly inspired by animals. Annie and the Old One, written under the name Miska Miles, was a Newbery Honor book in 1972.
Finding the books
All are reasonably easy to find in the USA. None were published in the UK.
Links and sources
Terri A. Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibliography, Scarecrow Press, 1987
National Library of Congress
Patricia Miles Martin’s papers in the de Grummond collection
Bibliography (horse books only)
The Bony Pony
Putnam, New York, 1965, 44 pp, illus Glen Dines
Smiley is a bony pony rescued from an animal shelter.
The Broomtail Bronc
Abingdon Press, New York, 1965, 64 pp, illus Margo Locke
Mr Boosey buys the broomtail bronc, and tries to gentle him. Andy and Teddy don’t think much of Mr Boosey’s efforts; they think he’s a coward, and he’s also likely to be the train robber whose picture is displayed in the post office.
