Lynn Renau

American author. She studied at the University of Louisville and has worked as a historian, museum curator and lecturer. At one time she worked as curator of the Kentucky Derby Museum where she spent a lot of time researching the race's history. Whilst there she was told by an executive of Churchill Downs, "You can do all the research you want, but no woman is ever going to write a history of our racetrack!" However she proved him wrong when she published her book Racing Around Kentucky. As well as this non-fictional work (which was also revised and published under a different title), Ms. Renau has also written a fictional account of a no-good Arab horse, which is I think may be based on reality.


Source: University of Louisville website

Horse & Pony Books:

FREEBEE: THE STORY OF A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING HORSE
(HERR HOUSE PRESS PB [USA] 1996)
ILLUSTRATED BY MARILYN TODD-DANIELS
SUMMARY: Taryston, a beautiful and well-bred Arab who is a failure at everything, tells his story.

Collector's Info:
Paperback original. As far as I know no hardback editions were published. Reasonably easy to find in the USA, much harder elsewhere.