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San Domingo

The Medicine Hat Stallion

San Domingo( )
Author: Henry, Marguerite
Illustrator: Lougheed, Robert
ISBN:978-0-689-71631-7
Publication Date:Oct 1992
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Imprint:Aladdin
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $7.99
Book Description:

Peter Lundy has two joys in life: the rugged western plains where he has grown up and San Domingo, a Medicine Hat Stallion. The Indians believe such a horse is sacred -- that neither bullet nor arrow can harm its rider. As they explore the prairie together, a bond forms between Peter and San Domingo that can never be broken. But Peter's father, Jethro Lundy, knows only one love: bargaining. He trades San Domingo for a thoroughbred. How can Peter ever forgive his father? His only choice...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Horses
Juvenile Fiction / Westerns
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.125 x 7.625 x 0.8 Inches
Book Weight:0.38 Pounds
Author Biography
Henry, Marguerite (Author)
Marguerite Henry was born on April 12, 1902 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After high school, she attended the Milwaukee State Teachers College. She became an English teacher.

She sold her first published story to a woman's magazine in 1913. Her first book, "Justin Morgan Had a Horse" was named a Newberry Honor Book. This and her other titles to follow were written in collaboration with illustrator, Wesley Dennis. They worked together until his death in 1996. Her other works included "King of the Wind," the story of the Godolphin Arabian horse, which won a Newberry Award, "Misty of Chincoteague," which won the Junior Book Award Medal of the Boys' Clubs of America, and "Justin Morgan Had a Horse," which won the Junior Scholastic Gold Seal Award. She was presented the Children's Reading Roundtable Award for her lasting contribution to children's reading in 1961. At the time of her death she had written 58 books. Her works have been translated into eight languages.

Marguerite Henry died of complications from a series of strokes on November 26, 1997 in California.



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