Pers Crowell, free-lance illustrator and writer, was born in Pasco, Washington in 1910. He has written and illustrated numerous books for children, focusing on animals with a special emphasis on horses.Biographical source: Something About the Author, Volume 2, p. 84-85.
From the description of Pers Crowell Papers 1946. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 429024008
Pers Crowell was an American illustrator of books for children and a painter of western scenes who lived and worked in Oregon. McGraw-Hill published his first book in 1945 and four others followed, all of them about horses. Crowell also illustrated forty or more stories by other authors.
From the description of Pers Crowell papers, 1946-1973. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 72589282