The Blind Colt

Rounds, Glen

ISBN 10: 0590323008 / ISBN 13: 9780590323000

Published by Scholastic Inc, New York NY, 1993

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soiled wrappers; general wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Blind Colt
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc, New York NY
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590323008
• ISBN 13: 9780590323000
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Juvenile Fiction

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Synopsis

The adventures of a blind colt as he roams with a band of mustangs and is eventually adopted and trained as a saddle horse by 10-year-old Whitey.

About the Author

South Dakota author Glen Rounds was born on April 4, 1906 in a sod house in the Dakota Badlands. The rugged beauty of his birthplace and childhood would shape his art throughout his life.He grew up on a ranch in Montana, studied art at the Art Institute in Kansas City, spent one summer traveling with fellow student Jackson Pollock, and another summer traveling with his teacher, Thomas Hart Benton.His first book, Ol’ Paul, the Mighty Logger, was published in 1936. His Whitey series, about a young cowboy and his cousin, was published from 1941 to 1963. His view of the Old West and his ability to tell tall tales through his writing and illustration are universally admired.Mr. Rounds received more than 25 literary awards for his writing and illustrating including the Parents’ Choice Award, six Lewis Carroll Shelf awards, the New York Times Outstanding Book Award, and the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota.Mr. Rounds died at his home in North Carolina on September 27, 2002 at the age of 96.