CHEROKEE BILL

Oklahoma Pacer


Written by Jean Bailey with illustrations by Pers Crowell. Published by Abington Press, Nashville and New York. Copyright 1952; there is no statement of printing, so likely a later printing of the first edition.

This book won William Allen White Children's Book Award in 1955. It is one of the few pony stories that have won an award. The author has inscribed and dated (Christmas 1975) the book on the front endpaper.

From Wikipedia:

Jean Bailey (1904 - 1992) was an American author of children’s stories, a teacher and a librarian. She was born in Kansas and raised on a farm. Her historical pony story, Cherokee Bill was set in the world of harness racing and won the William Allen White Children's Book Award in 1955.

DESCRIPTION:

190 pages

8 1/2 x 6 inches

early edition hardcover with dustjacket

CONDITION:

This hard-cover book is in very good condition with a good dust jacket. The tan cloth hardcover is clean and shows light wear at the corners and spine ends. The author’s presentation inscription is on the front endpaper. The interior is excellent with no other marks, underlining, tears or odor. The hinges and binding are excellent with no loose or missing pages.

The dust jacket is price cut, but otherwise complete. It has some chipping and small tears in the corners and spine end areas. It is rubbed and a bit worn at the edges and corners. This dust jacket will come protected in a new Brodart mylar dust jacket protector.

From the dust jacket description:

High adventure fills the pages of this story of a boy and a horse.. So also do the thrills and the flavor of the Old West, for this is the tale of a run for a homestead.

Along with hundreds of other settlers living in tents and covered wagons along the Kansas-Oklahoma border, twelve-year-old David Rutledge and his parents waited for the opening of the Cherokee Strip. David, and a stray horse he named Cherokee Bill, played a big part in the family fortunes on that eventful day. And in the days that followed, David found that life in a “soddy” on a prairie homestead could be full of unexpected adventure—particularly when a stray horse turns out to be a prize-winning pacer.

This fast-moving, well-written story is based on family records and first-hand knowledge. The illustrations, too, are authentic, being done by one of America’s leading artists, with a special talent for drawing horses.

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