Nancy Faulkner
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Doubleday, New York, 1954, illus Marguerite de Angeli, 214 pp.
Aunt Cordelia says Dandy has no more manners than a mongrel puppy. Dandy must now
stop being another of
the Clark boys, and learn to take her place as mistress of
the plantation household. The future, as planned by
Papa and Aunt Cordelia looks grim.
Dandy has to ride sidesaddle, learn the minuet and the spinet, and how to
use herbs
and poultices. Dandy nearly decides to join the militia with her brother Chri, but
events conspire to
change her mind.
Nancy Faulkner wrote several works of historical fiction for children, of which this book is the most horse orientated. It was illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli, herself a Newbery Award winner for her book The Door in the Wall.
Many thanks to Susan Bourgeau for her help with this section.
Finding the book: Although there are plenty of copies around, very good copies are expensive. Ex library ones are rather more reasonable, but still on the expensive side for a horse book. It wasn’t published in the UK.
Sources and links:
Bibliography: horse books only
