Thomas C. Hinkle

Thomas C. Hinkle was born in 1876 in La Clede, Illinois, to William R. and Sarilda Catherine Hinkle. He went to high school in Junction City, Kansas. In 1904 he graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Kansas. In 1908 he married Roxana E. Stevens and together they raised two children. He began writing in the 1920s in a mix of juvenile and western fiction. He specialized in writing stories about horses and dogs. Kirkus Review commented that Hinkle had an "overly sentimental view of horses and animals in general". His stories of horses are all about the American west, some based on true narratives but almost always with the theme 'wild horse can only be mastered by one man'. A number of his books were included in the Grosset & Dunlap Famous Horse Stories series.

Books by Thomas Hinkle

• Doctor Rabbit And Ki-yi Coyote, (1918)
• Doctor Rabbit And Tom Wildcat, (1918)
• Doctor Rabbit And Brushtail The Fox, (1919)
• Doctor Rabbit And Grumpy Bear, (1919)
• How To Eat: A Cure For 'Nerves', (1921)

Horse Stories:

• Black Storm, A Horse of the Kansas Hills (1929)
• Buckskin, the Story of a Gallant Horse (1949)
• Cinchfoot, The Story of a Range Horse
• Henry's Red Sea, A Horse of the West
• Hurricane Pinto, the Story of an Outlaw Horse (1935)
• Mustang, a Horse of the Old West (1942)
• Silver, the Story of a Wild Horse (1934)
• Tawny, Fighting Horse of the Old West
• Tomahawk, Fighting Horse of the Old West (1944)
• Tornado Boy, A Horse of the West (1930)
• Where No One Stands Alone, The Story of a Range Horse

Dog Stories:

• Barry, the Story of a Wolf Dog
• Bing, the Story of a Tramp Dog
• Black Jack, A Ranch Dog
• Black Tiger, The Story of a Tramp Dog
• Bugle, a Dog of the Rockies
• Dusty, the Story of a Wild Dog
• Jube, the Story of a Trapper's Dog
• King, the Story of a Sheep Dog (1936)
• Old Nick and Bob, Two Dogs of the West (1941)
• Shag, the Story of a Dog (1931)
• Shep, a Collie of the West
• Trueboy, The Story of a Great Dog
• Vic, a Dog of the Prairies
• Wolf, a Range Dog