Jack O'Brien

Royal Red: Colt of the Royal Mounted

John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, 1951

Illustrated by Kurt Wiese

“Indian discontent in the north country sent Peter Thorne on a trek that uncovered claim jumping, gross
discrimination and brutal murder. Only Tiwa, a quick-witted Indian lad, realized that his people’s land was being
plundered of its timber by unscrupulous Dan MacKinnon. When Thorne bought Royal Red - the horse Tiwa had
devoted his young life to - the Mountie antagonized the one person who could help put together the mysterious

facts he found at Victoriaville.”

Jack O’Brien (John Sherman O’Brien) was a Canadian author. He wrote one book which counts as a horse story. He is better known for his dog stories, particularly his Silver Chief series. Royal Red was not actually completed by Jack O’Brien: when he died the story was partially completed, with manuscript notes on the rest. It was completed by associates of his, asnd published after his death. The book doe feature a dog: Silver Chief the Third, grandson of the husky Silver Chief.

Many thanks to Susan Bourgeau for all her help with this section.

Finding the books: Royal Red was not published in the UK, but is easy to find, and generally cheap, in the USA, as long as you do not mind ex-library copies.