Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Education Center, Columbus 16, Ohio presents:

"Wildwing" story and illustrations by Phoebe Erickson. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1960, copyright 1959 by Phoebe Erickson.

Original dust jacket with unclipped price on the front flap [wear and edge damages: see photos]; hard boards with black horse on the front board and lettering on spine; 51/2" x 8.1/4"; frontispiece, 180 pages, several b/w line illustrations, darkened paper, very good condition.

"Bronze Feather, a young Arapahoe Indian, was shocked and angry when he first saw the white man's method of rounding up horses. The low-flying airplane, and its sirens screaming, terrified the horses. It sent them on a mad chase ahead of the sound, and many of the crazed horses died from exhaustion before they could be corralled.

So it seemed more than justifiable to Bronze Feather to keep the tiny orphaned colt, abandoned by the fleeing horses, instead of turning him over to the party of wranglers. The boy hoped to train the colt with kindness, as his grandfather had once trained wild horses in the days before white men and airplanes appeared on the Wyoming desert. But the colt sickened in captivity, and because he loved it, Bronze Feather returned Wildwing to the herd.

This story of how Bronze Feather eventually gains the trust and love of Wildwing, and comes to realize there is good in both the old and the new ways, is rich and rewarding reading. Phoebe Erickson's many pictures add life and flavor to the words." [from the front flap of the dust jacket]

Phoebe Erickson began illustrating books for children in 1937 when she came to New York from Chicago. In 1945 she started writing books as well as illustrating them. The twelfth of thirteen children, Phoebe Erickson was born in Door County Peninsula, Wisconsin. She attended the Chicago Art Institute where she studied design and painting.

Note:
Country restrictions may apply - the lesser expansive Priority or 1st Class shipping may not be available to all countries.

US: Priority (c.2-4 days) --------- $10.50
Canada: 1st Class (c 2-6 weeks) -- $26.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) --- $34.50