Twenty Gallant Horses

by C.W. Anderson

The stories of twenty of the world's greatest show and race horses.

Genres: Horses, Nonfiction

Library Binding

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

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C.W. Anderson - aka Clarence William Anderson
From Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence...

Clarence William Anderson (1891–1971) was an author and illustrator of children's books. Known professionally as C.W. Anderson, Anderson had an interest in horses and drawing.

Anderson started his career by illustrating for other authors, but eventually began developing texts to accompany his realistic and lively black and white drawings. He is best known for his "Billy and Blaze" book series.

The adventures of Billy and Blaze would revolve around proper care of the horse, while teaching a lesson. Anderson would go to great lengths to give accurate information. He would even go on to write Heads Up, Heels Down as a training tool for young horse lovers. All of the stories Anderson wrote would be based on true stories or people that Anderson knew, only the plots were fiction.

By the end of Anderson's life, he had written and illustrated over thirty-five horse books, and also had created covers for the Saturday Evening Post.

Reviews

[Felix · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was not my. C. W. Anderson story, but his drawings are amazing, I feel like i could reach out and touch them.

[Bonnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Birthday Book #47 from my friend Heidi. This one brought back nice childhood memories. I've always loved Anderson's beautiful artwork. This book covers both flat racers and chasers and hunter/jumpers as well. Each horse gets a portrait and a 3-page quick write-up. I don't remember being traumatized by the three tales of horses who met tragic ends (Dark Secret, Troublemaker, and Chase Me) but as an adult found it sort of dark for a children's book.