Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis
Hardcover
(Rand McNally & Company, Jan. 1, 1954)
Dust jacket notes: "Here is a superb new edition, with full-color illustrations, of the first of Marguerite Henry's famous horse books for children. Completely rewritten and reillustrated, Justin Morgan Had a Horse now takes its place in the Rand McNally line alongside such other Henry favorites as Misty of Chincoteague, King of the Wind (Newbery Medal winner), and Brighty of the Grand Canyon. Runner-up for the Newbery Award when it first appeared [in 1945], this story of a famous horse in early Vermont becomes even more heart-warming and exciting in the new version. Marguerite Henry has uncovered fresh episodes in the life of 'Little Bub,' the pint-sized stallion who pulled logs that bigger horses couldn't even budge, who ran faster than the fleetest of race horses, who became the sire of an illustrious breed of American horses. And a new generation of children will find in Little Bub all the endearing qualities that have made Misty, Sea Star, and other Henry characters so well loved. Every illustration, including those in full color, is entirely new. And Wesley Dennis, whose pictures have been part and parcel of so many Marguerite Henry books, is at his best in these scenes of early Vermont, of pioneers at work and at play, and of the powerful little horse who inherited the name of his owner, Justin Morgan." Illustrated throughout, mostly in black and white, with full-color illustrations on endpapers, two full-page and one double-page.
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