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Ern Pedler
Ernest Joseph "Ern" Pedler (1914–1989) was a writer whose work was based on his experiences as a distance-riding horseman and wild horse-chasing cowboy. He published one book, ''The Big Lonely Horse'' (1958), and two serialized novellas, ''Trail to Freedom'' (1959) and ''Dust of the Home Corral'' (1961). His many short stories and articles are listed below.
==Biography==
Ern Pedler was born on May 31, 1914, in Prospect, South Australia. The following year his parents emigrated with their children to the American state of Utah.〔Preface to The Big Lonely Horse, Eusey Press, Leominster, 1960〕 There, he grew up in the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. A neighbor who was a hard riding "mountain man" taught him horsemanship and mountain riding on mustangs.〔 When Pedler was sixteen years old, he quit school and spent the winter alone in the mountains.〔 By the time he was in his mid-thirties, he had established a reputation on the trail and as a fearless mustanger.〔Werts, Marcia “Ern Pedler: Cowboy, Mountain Man, and Teller of Tales,” ''The Morgan Horse'', August 1984, p. 77〕 George B. Russell’s classic Hoofprints in Time, includes a lengthy segment about Pedler and his Morgan stallion Flying Jubilee.〔Russell, George B., Hoofprints in Time, A.S. Barnes & Co., NY, 1966, pp. 272-277〕
In 1951, Amos Mosher described some of Pedler's exploits to magazine editor Sumner Kean who then asked Pedler to send descriptions of what he was doing. For many years thereafter, the magazine published Pedler’s articles and short stories.〔 Despite his lack of extensive formal education, he was a literate and engaging writer.〔Manley, Robert, “Remembering Ern Pedler (1914-1989)—Horseman, Writer, Friend,”http://ern-pedler.yolasite.com〕 Like the work of Will James and Ben K. Green, his stories read as if they were written from the saddle.〔 They exude gritty authenticity and good humor. The plots tend to focus on long rides, mustanging, and cattle work in the vast expanses of the Mountain West.〔 His writing is not as well known as that of James and Green because almost all of his stories and articles were published in a national magazine with a readership of only a few thousand, The Morgan Horse, (“TMH”).〔Eusey, Otho, “We Rode with Pedler,” ''The Morgan Horse'', 1963, p. 56〕
Through his personal example and his writing, Pedler influenced others. Because of him, some people chose Morgan horses, became trail riders, or attempted to write.〔Manley, Robert, “Remembering Ern Pedler (1914-1989)—Horseman, Writer, Friend,”http://ernpedler.yolasite.com〕 Pedler died on November 17, 1989. His obituary’s only words regarding what he did in life are: “He was a horseman, and he rode good horses.” 〔Salt Lake Tribune, November 20, 1989〕
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