Blackie The Brumby

Wild horses and wild outlaws. Horse-thieves and bobbies and bushies. What youngster does not love them?Though he adheres to his fidelity of detail in depicting the lives and habits of the brumbies -- the wild horses of outback Australia -- the author really gets going after Blackie the Brumby is captured and tamed. He is stolen by bushrangers takes part in their notorious doings gives a helping hand (or hoof) to the police and with a hilarious boy character named Jonah takes a leading part in the final overthrow of the gang.