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Post by marecroft on Jun 7, 2022 18:10:06 GMT 1
Hello! So pleased to have found your mention of author Keith Robertson on your site (http://keithrobertson.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk/). One of my favorites from youth--and one of the authors whose works have a prominent (and permanent) spot on my bookshelf!
I would like to share two pieces of information you may wish to add to the page.
First, "Ticktock and Jim, Deputy Sheriffs" is actually a separate title. It is a sequel to "Ticktock and Jim" (the latter is also republished in the Famous Horse Stories series as "Ticktock and Jim: The Story of a Boy and His Texas Mustang," as you have pictured).
Second, a UK version of "Ticktock and Jim" does indeed exist: It was published as "Watch for a Pony."
I believe cover images for all books are available online, or I would be happy to share scans if you would like.
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Post by susanb on Jun 7, 2022 20:47:59 GMT 1
Hi Marecroft, and welcome! Are you in the US as well? I'm in Massachusetts.
I've enjoyed Keith Robertson's books too, and I have both Ticktock and Jim and Ticktock and Jim, Deputy Sheriffs, and they are definitely two different books. I had no idea there was a UK edition....I just took a look on abebooks, that is nice cover art, though I do love the soft edged artwork by Wesley Dennis on the first US (Winston) edition.
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Post by marecroft on Jun 8, 2022 13:59:19 GMT 1
Hi, susanb. Yes, I'm in the U.S. I grew up about an hour from Keith Robertson's home in New Jersey, but I'm in Kentucky now. I've been collecting Keith Robertson / Carlton Keith books since I was a pre-teen. I've had all his titles for several years, but every once in a while I add something new to the collection: a magazine with a Robertson book excerpt, or a book in translation (the Germans LOVED him!). I looked for several years for a copy of Watch For a Pony before finding one... and now I think it's easy to find a half-dozen copies for sale online. One additional Robertson book with a horse (only peripherally, so it doesn't count as a pony book!) is Henry Reed's Big Show, where Midge has a horse named Galileo.
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Post by susanb on Jun 8, 2022 19:06:42 GMT 1
I've read all his juvenile horse books, but only have the Ticktock and Phantom titles so far...it can be tricky to find not-ex-library copies of US vintage horse books I had no idea he wrote as Carlton Keith! I took a peek at abebooks, it looks like he did mysteries, which I love! Any particular title good to start with? Re the Germans...lol, they just loved horse books. It wasn't till I started collecting that I realized how many US/UK titles I was looking for were more easily available in German than in English (cheaper too )
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Post by marecroft on Jun 9, 2022 14:46:39 GMT 1
The books written as Carlton Keith were all those 1950s/1960s "pulp fiction" type of books with gritty, slightly dark mystery and a flawed but likeable hero. I'd definitely start from the beginning with "The Diamond-Studded Typewriter" (also published as "A Gem of a Murder"). It introduces Jeff Green, a handwriting expert and "examiner of questioned documents" who stars in (if I remember right) 5 of the 6 Carlton Keith titles. Sadly, no horses. :-)
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Post by susanb on Jun 12, 2022 17:13:23 GMT 1
Thank you!! This sounds like itโs really up my alleyโฆin my tbr list for post summer challenge now!
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Post by Claire on Jun 12, 2022 18:24:28 GMT 1
Hi apologies Marecroft, but I somehow missed this thread! Many thanks for the information on Keith Robertson and his books. I will definitely amend the web page as soon as I can upload information again (the internet signal where I am living at the moment, in the middle of the Spanish countryside, is sadly too poor/slow to publish anything to the web at the moment. I agree with Susan that the Carlton Keith books sound enjoyable too!
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