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Brighty of the Grand Canyon / by Marguerite Henry ; illustrated by Wesley Dennis.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henry, Marguerite, 1902-1997.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Donkeys--Juvenile fiction.
- Donkeys.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.).
- Donkeys--Fiction.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 222 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Rand McNally, 1953.
- Summary:
- This book presents a fictionalized account of a real-life burro named "Brighty", who lived in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River from about 1892 to 1922. He was given the name Bright Angel after Bright Angel Creek, but everyone called him Brighty. The determined little burro earns the loyalty and affection of everyone he encounters in this classic story from Newbery Award-winning author Marguerite Henry. Long ago, a lone little burro roamed the high cliffs of the Grand Canyon and touched the hearts of all who knew him: a grizzled old miner, a big-game hunter, even President Teddy Roosevelt. Named Brighty by the prospector who befriended him, he remained a free spirit at heart. But when a ruthless claim-jumper murdered the prospector, loyal Brighty risked everything to bring the killer to justice. - Publisher.
- Relates the adventures of a little burro who blazed trails through the Grand Canyon and met many famous people in the process.
- Contents:
- Brighty's world
- A stranger in the canyon
- Blue-flecked rocks
- Good-by, Old Timer!
- The sheriff learns a lesson
- A free spirit
- Over the rimtop
- The fight in the cave
- Curious first aid
- On the mend
- The lion hunt
- Brighty goes to work
- Within the Black Tunnel
- Caged over the Colorado
- The battle scars o' freedom
- The carrot cure
- Spider web of steel
- Brighty, B.A.
- A gift for Uncle Jim
- Well done!
- Battle on the mesa
- A new world for Brighty
- A voice from the past
- On to Utah!
- The deserted cabin
- Thief's plunder
- In the Kaibab Forest
- The voice inside the snowman
- Trapped by the snow
- Alone with the night
- Strange Thanksgiving
- Moon-lily tea
- No escape?
- Blazing guns
- A score to settle
- The way home.
- Notes:
- Illustrated endpapers.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- OCLC:
- 305533
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