Henry V Larom
Mountain Pony and the Pinto Colt
Whittlesey House, New York, 1947,
illus Ross Santee, 202 pp.
Grosset & Dunlap, Famous Horse Series
Scholastic, pb, (front and rear covers shown)
“Andy’s sorrel horse Sunny and a pinto
colt are rustled off by Jake Somers to be sold
to
the slaughterhouse, but by swimming
through a canyon river, Andy is able to find
out
how the horses were stolen.”
Mountain Pony and the Rodeo Mystery
Whittlesey House, New York, 1949, illus Ross Santee, 228 pp.
Grosset & Dunlap, Famous Horse Series
“When Andy’s pet horse Brownie is stolen because he is a natural bucker, Andy and
his
horse Sunny track the stolen horse to a New York rodeo where he tries to prove
that
the famous horse Slipstream is really his horse Brownie.”
Henry V Larom (1903-
There is a Henry V Larom Award for outstanding fiction and poetry which appears to be given by SUNY Rockland Community College.
Many thanks to Lisa Catz, Susan Bourgeau, Fiona Williams and Downtown Books, Milwaukee for the pictures and information.
Finding the books: none of the books were published in the UK. All are easy to find, and cheap, in the USA.
Terri A. Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibilography, Scarecrow Press, 1987
Sources and Links:
Biblography -
Mountain Pony and the Elkhorn Mystery
Whittlesey House, New York, 1950, illus Ross Santee, 222 pp.
Grosset & Dunlap, Famous Horse Series
Many thanks to Augustine Funnell Books for letting me use their scan of this book.
“When Andy checks on his new ranch, he finds signs that people have been there digging,
so with his
horse Sunny and his dog Pocket, he tries to find out if the previous owner
really did bury his treasure
there.”
Mountain Pony, a Story of the Wyoming
Rockies
McGraw Hill, New York, 1946, illus Ross Santee,
240 pp.
Grosset & Dunlap, Famous Horse Series,
illus Ross Santee
Scholastic, pb, (front and rear covers shown mid)
Scholastic, pb, 1980, cover Leo Summers, illus
Robert Frankenburg
“Andy buys a mistreated sorrel horse from
Randy Garland, not realising that Garland
is
a sworn enemy of Andy’s Uncle Wes, the local game warden.
Mountain Pony
Mountain Pony
Mountain Pony and the Pinto Colt
Mountain Pony and the Rodeo Mystery
Mountain Pony and the Elkhorn Mystery
Bronco Charlie, Rider of the Pony Express
Whittlesey, New York, 1951, illus Wesley Dennis, 48 pp.
“Charlie Miller is allowed to fill in as a relief rider for the Pony Express from
Sacramento to Placerville and he hopes
to become a permanent rider despite his youth.”
Ride Like an Indian!
Whittlesey, New York, 1958, illus Wesley Dennis, 140 pp.
Many thanks to Downtown Books, Milwaukee, for letting me use their picture.
“Jerry is unhappy because he is stuck with the lazy old Appaloosa horse Applesauce
at camp until the Indian
boy Sam tells him that the horse was once an Indian pony
and will respond if Jerry rides him like an Indian.”
