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Justin Morgan had a horse / Marguerite Henry ; illustrated by Wesley Dennis.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Henry, Marguerite, 1902-1997.
Contributor:
Dennis, Wesley, illustrator.
Youth Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Justin Morgan (Horse)--Juvenile fiction.
Justin Morgan (Horse).
Horses--Juvenile fiction.
Horses.
Justin Morgan (Horse)--Fiction.
Morgan horse--Fiction.
Horses--Fiction.
Vermont--History--18th century--Fiction.
Vermont--History--18th century.
Genre:
Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Physical Description:
159 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
Aladdin hardcover ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : Aladdin, 2015.
Summary:
An unusual work horse raised in Vermont and known originally as "Little Bub" becomes the sire of a famous American breed and takes the name of his owner, Justin Morgan.
Contents:
Joel meets Little Bub
A fuzzy shadow
Northward to Vermont
Horse-trader Hawkes
Pa gets an idea
Seven years! seven years!
A stranger knocking
The pulling bee
Stronger'n a ox
A challenge from New York
High-duck dandies
Out of the satchel == Bub travels the singing circuit
The auction block
Little Bub lost
"I'll go to Plattsburg!"
A whinny in the night
Justin Morgan and the president.
Notes:
"A Newbery honor book"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165).
Newbery Honor book, 1946
ISBN:
9781481425629
1481425625
OCLC:
907643263

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