Peter Zachary Cohen

Calm Horse, Wild Night

Atheneum, New York, 1982, 168 pp.

Arly uses the horse Tug to haul timber for his parents, but then a misguided boy steals the horse, as he intends
using him for smuggling.

Bee

Atheneum, 1975, New York, illus Richard Cuffari, 187 pp.

Herb is determined to work on a cattle ranch.  However, Bee, a buckskin gelding, causes Herb problem after problem,
and he wonders if he will be able to keep his job.

American author Peter Zachary Cohen (1931- ) served in the US Army from 1954-1956.  He was Associate Professor of English at Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.  He said:  "I enjoy almost anything connected with the field-and-stream out-of doors; live on a small farm raising sheep, horses and chickens under fence, coyotes, rabbits, owls and the evening stars, too, I guess, by letting them run loose. I return from those contacts with a renewed sense of wonder at the world. And I write to try to discover more about the 'whys' and 'what ifs' of the attitudes and situations I feel and observe. The extra fun is to try to discover them in an interesting way."

He has written several children’s novels, amongst which are three horse stories.

Finding the books:  all the books are very easy to find in the USA.  None had an English publication.

Links and sources:

Something About the Author, 2004

Biographical information on Peter Zachary Cohen

Bibliography - horse books only

Morena

Atheneum, New York, 1970, illus Haris Petie, 140 pp.

Alex misses the bus when it leaves the camp.  He isn’t worried at first, but then it begins to snow.  To survive,
he will have to catch the horse who was left at the camp, and try and ride for shelter.