About the author
Marion T Place (1910– 2006) was born in Indiana. She wrote some 40 books, which included fact and fiction on the American West, and latterly, thrillers. Under the name Dale White, she wrote westerns. Her children’s book, Mystery of Wild Horse Trap, is about racehorses.
Finding the book
Easy to find.
Links and sources
Marion T Place’s papers are at the University of Montana
Terri Wear: Horse Stories: An Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography (horse books only)
Mystery of Wild Horse Trap
Caxton, 1971
While trying to prove his father’s innocence after he mysteriously disappeared following astagecoach robbery, Rob takes a job with Mr Thomas, who is trying to raise race horses in Montana. While Rob works out how the robbery happened, the grey horse Dusty keeps him busy.
