About the author
Theodore J Waldeck (b.1894) was best known as an explorer. At the age of 18, he accompanied the Duke of Mecklenberg on his 1912 expedition to East Africa. In 1924, Waldeck returned to Africa. His works reflect his early interest in exploration, being mostly African and South American jungle stories. He wrote (as far as I know) just the one horse story: The Golden Stallion.
Finding the book
The book is reasonably easy to find and not generally too expensive. It wasn’t published in the UK.
Links and sources
Waldeck: On Safari (1940)
Many thanks to Lisa Catz for the photograph.
Bibliography (horse books only)
The Golden Stallion
The Viking Press, New York, 1947, 199pp. Illus Wesley Dennis
Bob lives for the day when he finally gets a horse of his own. The Golden Stallion leads a herd of wild horses, and Bob sets his heart on the horse. His father helps him, and eventually they capture the horse, and try to tame him. Although the horse (Golden Blaze) isn’t entirely happy in captivity, he is loyal, and saves Bob’s life when he is attacked. In return, Bob gives the horse what he most
wants.
