Author: STEINBECK, JOHN
Title: Red Pony Illustrated 1st Edition
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Hardcover. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Color Illustrations; 6 1/2 x 9 3/4; 131 pages; Hard cover is grey cloth with paste down color picture on the front. Dark green spine with grey lettering. Covers have some faint rubbing and bumping. All edges green. Pages are clean and tight. Slip case has rubbing, bumping, missing 3" section of the spine on the case. Vibrant color illustrations by master horse artist Wesley Dennis. An episodic novella written by American writer John Steinbeck in 1933. The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933–1936, and the full book was published in 1937 by Covici Friede. The stories in the book are tales of a boy named Jody Tiflin. The book has four different stories about Jody and his life on his father's California ranch. Other main characters include Carl Tiflin – Jody's father; Billy Buck – an expert in horses and a working hand on the ranch; Mrs. Tiflin – Jody's mother; Jody's grandfather – Mrs. Tiflin's father, who has a history of crossing the Oregon Trail, and enjoys telling stories about his experiences; and Gitano – an old man who wishes to die at the Tiflin ranch.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: Horse Stories; Literature; Juvenile Animal Stories; Wesley Dennis; Horses in Art; Horse Fiction; Cultural History; Social History; 20th Century America; Juvenile Fiction Cultural History Animals Social History Horses: : Western Horses: : Wild/Feral Horses