Sam Savitt

Sam Savitt (1917–2000) was an equine artist and author, as well as an illustrator of over 100 books. He was the official illustrator of the United States Equestrian Team, and a founding member of the American Academy of Equine Artists. He created several horse charts that are considered authoritative works and have been used by the Smithsonian Institution.

List of works

Author

• Step-A-Bit; the story of a foal (1956)
• Midnight, champion bucking horse (1957)
• There was a horse (1961)
• Around the world with horses (1962)
• Rodeo: cowboys, bulls, and broncos (1963)
• Vicki and the Black Horse (1964)
• A Day at the LBJ Ranch (1965)
• America's Horses (1966)
• The equestrian olympic sketchbook (1969)
• True horse stories (1970)
• Ups and downs; a first guide to riding and horse care (1973)
• Wild Horse Running (1973)
• Sam Savitt's Book of Horse Non-Sense (1975)
• Vicki and the Brown Mare (1976)
• Great Horses of the United States Equestrian Team (1977)
• The Dingle Ridge Fox and other stories (1978)
• Draw Horses with Sam Savitt (1981)
• One horse, one hundred miles, one day: the story of the Tevis Cup endurance ride (1981)
• A horse to remember (1984)

Illustrator

• Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune (1959 anniversary edition)
• Pets at the White House by Carl Carmer (1959)
• A saddlebag of tales; a collection of stories, by members of Western Writers of America (1959)
• Fury and the Mustangs by Albert G. Miller (1960)
• Horse in Her Heart by Patsey Gray (1960)
• Horseback Riding (A Sports Illustrated book) (1960)
• Born to Race by Blanche Chenery Perrin (1962)
• Dinny and Dreamdust by Doris McFerran Townsent (1962)
• Show Ring Rogue by Patsey Gray (1963)
• Two Dogs and a Horse by Jim Kjelgaard (1964)
• Wild Horse Tamer by Glenn Balch (1964)
• The Big book of favorite horse stories by P.C. Braun, ed. (1965)
• Big Jump for Robin by Suzanne Wilding (1965)
• Christy finds a rider by Elizabeth Harrover Johnson (1965)
• Dave and his dog, Mulligan by Jim Kjelgaard (1966)
• About Horses by Luther Dexter (1968)
• The golden book of horses by George McMillan (1968)
• Ride, gaucho by Bruce Grant (1969)
• Sky rocket; the story of a little bay horse by Margaret Cabell Self (1970)
• Wild animal rescue! by Bryan O'Donoghue (1971)
• How to bring up your pet dog; choosing, understanding, training, protecting, enjoying by Kurt Unkelbach (1972)
• Hundred Horse Farm by Blanche Chenery Perrin (1973)
• Summer Pony by Jean Slaughter Doty (1973)
• A boy and a pig, but mostly horses by Sherman Kent (1974)
• The Gallant Gray Trotter by John T. Foster (1974)
• Backyard pony: selecting and owning a horse by Frederick L. Devereux (1975)
• How to take care of your horse until the vet comes: a horse health and first aid guide by Herb Marlin (1975)
• Horse tales by Suzanne Wilding, ed. (1976)
• The tale of the horse by Walter L. Field (1977)
• Pluto: brave Lipizzaner stallion by Anne Colver (1978)
• Springfellow by Robert Kraus (1978)
• How to teach an old dog new tricks: retraining the secondhand dog by Kurt Unkelbach (1979)
• My Mane Catches the Wind, poems about horses (1979)
• Hiboy: Young Devil Horse by Justin F. Denzel (1980)

External links

• Official website