![]() ![]() ![]() On Wednesday in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., after a series of strokes. She was the wildest mare on Assateauge Island. Her first book, 'Justin Morgan Had a Horse' was named a Newberry Honor Book. She sold her first published story to a womans magazine in 1913. After high school, she attended the Milwaukee State Teachers College. She sold her first story to a women’s magazine when she was 11 years old. Marguerite Henry was born on Apin Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Henry won the coveted Newbery Award for “King of the Wind” and Newbery Honor Awards for “Misty of Chincoteague,” “Justin Morgan Had a Horse,” “Brighty of the Grand Canyon,” “Black Gold” and “Born to Trot.” Born in Milwaukee, Wis., she was encouraged to write by her publisher father. Misty, the real model for the pony in the novel, died in 1972 and is memorialized by a life-size bronze statue on the island. Volunteers called “saltwater cowboys” round up the ponies and drive them into the channel. ![]() The story centered on Pony Penning Day, a July tradition off the coast of Virginia, in which wild horses from the island of Assateague swim to the island of Chincoteague. The author’s best-known book was “Misty of Chincoteague,” published in 1947 about a brother and sister who dream of owning a wild pony. Marguerite Henry, 95, who wrote 59 youth books about horses. ![]()
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