Genevieve Torrey Eames

American author. All her books were written for children and all featured horses, except for one dog story, Handy of the Triple S. The books are well-written and are graced by excellent illustrations, particularly those by collectable artist Paul Brown.

Three of her books are summarised and reviewed in detail on The Pony Book Chronicles blog (see link).

Horse & Pony Books:

PAT RIDES THE TRAIL
(MESSNER [USA] 1946)
ILLUSTRATED BY DAN NOONAN
Reprinted in hardback by original publisher.
SUMMARY: Pat and her mare West Wind take part in a 100 mile endurance ride.
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A HORSE TO REMEMBER
(MESSNER [USA] 1947)
ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BROWN
Reprinted in hardback by original publisher.
SUMMARY: Jarvis is the only one in a horsy family who does not like riding. He does like the oddball palomino colt Joker though, and enjoys caring for him and teaching him tricks. But when his father threatens to sell Joker, Jarvis plots to keep the horse and eventually learns to love riding too.
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GHOST TOWN COWBOY
(MESSNER [USA] 1951)
ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BROWN
SUMMARY: Ranching style book with some horse content. Steve wants to work on a ranch and ride in rodeos, instead he must help prospect for gold.

THE GOOD LUCK COLT
(MESSNER [USA] 1953)
ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BROWN
Reprinted in hardback by original publisher.
SUMMARY: Martin shares his father's dream of training a trotter to win the Hambletonian. However, their ideas on a suitable candidate are not in harmony! Whilst his dad has his sights set on the well bred colt Master Peter, Martin believes that the orphaned colt he looks after, Good Luck, could be trained as a trotter. But Good Luck has no papers…
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FLYING ROUNDUP
(MESSNER [USA] 1957)
ILLUSTRATED BY LORENCE BJORKLUND
SUMMARY: Johnny does not like Vern using his plane to round up the horses, he prefers the old-fashioned method on horseback.

Collector's Info:
The easiest to find and the cheapest is Flying Roundup. The others, whilst not exactly common titles, can be found without too much trouble in the USA. All are pretty hard to get hold of outside of America.

Short stories in other books & collections:

JARVIS DISCOVERS GOLD
in HORSES, HORSES, HORSES edited by Phyllis Fenner
(FRANKLIN WATTS [USA] 1949)
ILLUSTRATED BY PERS CROWELL
Reprinted in hardback by original publisher and also by Grosset & Dunlap and Chatto & Windus.
Available also as a print-on-demand paperback.
SUMMARY: No story summary. The book itself is a compilation of short equine stories and includes authors such as Walter Farley, Stephen Holt, David Grew, Will James, C. W. Anderson and Col. Meek

Collector's Info:
Fairly easy to find in the USA, where there were a number of printings. Available in both the USA and UK (via Amazon) as a print-on-demand title, however this is more costly than most of the second-hand copies.