Jocelyn Arundel
Dugan and the Hobo
McGraw Hill, New York, 1960, illus Wesley Dennis. 121 pp. HB
Dugan is a racehorse, trained at a large and fancy stable. However, he is not interested
in racing until he
meets Jerry and the hobo Clover, who love the horse as he is.
Jocelyn Arundel wrote several children’s books, many of which are based in Africa, and reflect her interest in preserving the wildlife there. Two of her horse books were set in the Bahamas, and feature the wild horses there.
Many thanks to Lisa Catz for all her help with the photographs.
Finding the books: Dugan and the Hobo is reasonably easy to find in the USA. Whitecap’s Song is easy to find. Jingo, Wild Horse of Abaco is reasonably easy to find, though considerably easier in its German translation!
Sources:
Terri A. Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibilography, Scarecrow Press, 1987
Some of her manuscripts (Little Stripe & The Wildlife of Africa) are in the de Grummond Collection.
Jingo, Wild Horse of Abaco
Whittlesey House, New York, 1959, illus Wesley Dennis. 137 pp. HB.
Set on the Bahamas, Jenny wants to tame one of the wild horses on Abaco. She names
the friendly mare
she finds By Jingo, but as ever, getting a horse isn’t straightforward,
as Dan Rattan also wants a wild horse,
but doesn’t want to bother with taming it himself.
Whitecap’s Song
McGraw Hill, New York, 1962, illus Wesley Dennis.
Set in the Bahamas, this is about Lonzo, who has to try and balance all his interests.
He plays the guitar,
helps his father in his fishing business, and is also trying
to tame his half-
Also:
Little Stripe, an African Zebra
Hastings House, NY, 1967
Shoes for Punch
McGraw-
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