Peter's Pinto: A Story Of Utah

by Mary Buff, Conrad Buff

Peter's A Story of Utah is a children's book written by Mary Buff. The story follows a young boy named Peter who lives on a farm in Utah with his family. Peter's favorite animal on the farm is his horse, Pinto, whom he loves to ride and care for. However, when Peter's father becomes ill and can no longer work on the farm, the family struggles to make ends meet. They must sell Pinto to make ends meet, which breaks Peter's heart. Despite the hardship, Peter learns the importance of family, hard work, and perseverance. The book is beautifully illustrated and teaches valuable lessons about the importance of love, family, and resilience. It is an inspiring story that children will enjoy reading and parents will appreciate for its positive message.Young Peter Spends Time At The Ranch Of His Uncle In Utah Learning The Ranch Ways.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

100 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1949

About the author

Mary Buff, formerly known as Mary Marsh, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 10, 1890. Mary had an early interest in arts and poetry but only continued to study art. She studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and at the Cincinnati Art Academy and received her bachelor's degree in Kansas at Bethany College. Mary then lived in Albion, Idaho and in the 1920s settled in Los Angeles. In 1922 she married Conrad Buff. Mary was the assistant curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her income was large enough to allow her husband, Conrad Buff, to paint full-time. After marrying Conrad Buff, Mary gave up her pursuit of painting to write children`s books with him. She died in 1970.

Reviews

[Ashley Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Son said “8/10 stars” he loved this story and wished there was a series of it to hear more about Peter and his wild bronco. A classic “city boy turns cowboy” story. Only knocked a star because some of the Mormon history was more flattering than the true history, but it was more telling of personal stories. No doctrine discussed. Exactly what I was looking for in a living book to read to our kids about the new state we moved too.