Henry, Marguerite (1902–1997)
Henry, Marguerite (1902–1997)
American children's author. Born 1902 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died Nov 26, 1997, in Rancho Santa Fe, California; attended University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Won Newbery Honor Award for Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1948) and Misty of Chincoteague (1949); won Newbery Medal for King of the Wind (1949), William Allen White Award for Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1956) and Sequoyah Children's Book Award for Black Gold (1959) and Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West (1969); also wrote Stormy, Misty's Foal (1963), Gaudenzia: Pride of the Palio (1973) and San Domingo: The Medicine Hat Stallion, among others; received Kerlan Award from University of Minnesota (1975).
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