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Post by Claire on Sept 21, 2014 19:38:01 GMT 1
Hi all we started talking about this in the Stealaway thread - books in which British and American characters or cultures are mixed when either Brits visit the USA or Americans come over to the UK and characters from the two different nations are thrown together. I'd be interested in compiling a list of some of these books and maybe discussing some of them. What we mentioned so far:
Stealway by K M Peyton - set in UK with American character Riders From Afar by CPT - set in UK with American characters Phantom Horse and Phantom Horse Come Home by CPT - set in both UK and USA with characters from both. Holiday Summer by Decie Merwin - set in UK with American characters
There was also Kitty Ritson's Montana Adventure which was American set with a Brit heroine and one of the Kit Hunter series by Peter Grey was set in the USA with again a British heroine.
I'm trying to wrack my brains for USA books with Brits in them however.
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Post by rallycairn on Sept 22, 2014 0:16:48 GMT 1
Not set in USA, but don't forget The Horsemasters, set in Britain but with American and other international characters.
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Post by susanb on Sept 22, 2014 4:07:30 GMT 1
The Frosty Filly by Janet Herron Hughes has an orphaned English girl in search of an American friend of her father...takes place mostly in Virginia.
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Post by susanb on Sept 22, 2014 4:09:04 GMT 1
BTW, like The Horsemasters, Holiday Summer/Somerhaze Farm takes place in England, but is by an American author.
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Post by Claire on Sept 22, 2014 20:48:27 GMT 1
I haven't heard of The Frosty Filly and forgot all about The Horsemasters! I'm sure there must be more but my brain is a bit sluggish nowadays.
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Post by rallycairn on Sept 22, 2014 21:38:13 GMT 1
But if you remembered them all we could not have a thread, and that would be no fun!
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Post by Charlotte on Sept 22, 2014 23:43:13 GMT 1
I wonder if there are any UK/Canada crossovers, presumably some Canadian pony authors exist?
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Post by susanb on Sept 23, 2014 13:56:16 GMT 1
There are fewer Canadian pony book authors than you'd think, though they certainly exist. My favorite is Mary-Ellen Lang Collura, who wrote Winners (published as Winners and as Jordy in the UK). No US/Canadian crossover there though.
The only book I've heard of, but haven't yet read, that has a US/Canadian cross is Jady and the General by Lyn Cook, a Canadian author.
Oddly enough, in all the children's books I've read in my life, I can only think of two that have Canadian/US crossovers... Mystery in Quebec by Mary C. Jane and The Happy Hollisters and the Ice Carnival Mystery, also set in Quebec City. Maybe US/Canada just didn't seem culturally different enough to provide a contrast?
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Post by Claire on Sept 23, 2014 21:16:58 GMT 1
I also enjoyed Winners susan. I did a search on my website and found a fair few Canadian authors of pony books including 2 of my fav 'modern' pony authors Sharon Siamon and Angela Dorsey. Here is a result of the searchBut I can't think of any cross-overs with British or American characters. Rally - you are the soul of tact and discretion lol
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Post by susanb on Sept 24, 2014 11:22:09 GMT 1
Thanks for link Claire....most I knew, but a few I didn't. Still say "fewer than you'd think".....when you look at that list and compare it to the number of British or U.S. authors, it's pretty sparse.....especially when you consider the size of Canada and the fact that it is a very horsey country! As in the U.S., they've got tradition in both English and Western disciplines, and the Royal Mounted Police thrown in to boot....you'd think there would be masses of children's horse books!
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Post by haffyfan on Sept 24, 2014 12:58:42 GMT 1
Not really a cross over but Mousie and dancer come over to the Uk in Shelley Petersons Dancer, but it does become a little far fetched and ghostly (much as i like the author).
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Post by Claire on Sept 25, 2014 18:07:04 GMT 1
Yes Susan you're right you'd thinkn a country that size (much huger than little old us) would have more horsy books and more stories about the Mounties too - unless there are quite a few horsy mounties stories masquerading as boy's books. Might be interesting to do a search of Mounties in Abebooks some time and see what comes up.
STILL haven't got round to reading the Shelley Peterson books haffy - I must have meaning to read them for at least 7 years now!!! Hmm I wonder what books people have had on their To Be Read lists for the longest might be fun idea for a thread.
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Post by susanb on Sept 25, 2014 18:21:43 GMT 1
Great idea re Mounties/boys books...I did a quick hunt and found this series:
THE DICK KENT SERIES - AKA The Boys of the Royal Mounted Police Series By Milton Richards
DICK KENT WITH THE MOUNTED POLICE -- 1927. Saalfield; A.L. Burt DICK KENT IN THE FAR NORTH -- 1927. Saalfield; A.L. Burt DICK KENT WITH THE ESKIMOS -- 1927. Saalfield; A.L. Burt DICK KENT, FUR TRADER -- 1927. Saalfield; A.L. Burt. DICK KENT AND THE MALAMUTE MAIL -- 1927. Saalfield; A.L. Burt DICK KENT ON SPECIAL DUTY -- 1928. A.L. Burt DICK KENT AT HALF WAY HOUSE -- 1929. A.L. Burt DICK KENT, MOUNTED POLICE DEPUTY -- 1933. A.L. Burt DICK KENT'S MYSTERIOUS MISSION -- 1933. A.L. Burt DICK KENT AND THE MINE MYSTERY -- 1934. A.L. Burt
Another series was Dale of the Royal Mounted by Joe Holliday....haven't been able to find a complete title index for that one.
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Post by Claire on Sept 25, 2014 18:40:55 GMT 1
Thanks for dong that Susan - you're keen! I wonder how much horse content there is in them. I know that sounds silly but we've all read books where the horses could be hobby horses or even bikes for all the mention they get. I always wonder about how many horse stories I have missed as they are marketed as boy's stories and may not even have pics of horses on the cover. I guess this doesnt happen in the USA much as horse stories are considered boys books more than in the UK.
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Post by Claire on Sept 26, 2014 22:33:57 GMT 1
I hesitate to include the following as I think they are concerned with Southern not Northern Ireland so not really the UK! But here goes anyhow...
Jane McIlvaine wrote an adult horse story about a Virginian hunting in Ireland.
Selma Hudnut's second in the series about Rosemary and her horse 'Irish' (Irish Hurdles) has American and Irish characters together.
With a slightly different angle to the topic Mig of the Moor by Nancy Caffrey has an Irish horse travelling to the USA!!!
And there are quite a few Irish grooms cropping up in American books. High Heels for Jennifer springs to mind first as one of female characters fell in love with the groom! And everyone who has read my Pumbles stories will know I have a thing for good looking Irish grooms lol.
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Post by haffyfan on Sept 27, 2014 14:58:06 GMT 1
That's just reminded me in Cammie's Cousin they come to Ireland if i remember correctly - Dublin horse show i think? I liked the first two but didn't enjoy that installment as much.
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