Wikipedia article
'Justin Morgan Had a Horse' is an American children's historical novel by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis and published by Wilcox & Follett of Chicago in 1945.[ It concerns the real figures of Justin Morgan and his bay stallion Figure, who lived in Vermont in the late eighteenth century.]['The Newbery Companion', John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, Libraries Unlimited, 2001, p. 140.] It was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal in 1946.[
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An edition was published by Rand McNally in 1954[ with new copyrights by both Henry and Dennis. The Library of Congress catalog records report 89 pp. and 169 pp.][[http://lccn.loc.gov/agr45000372 LCCN agr45000372].][.]
Plot summary
The schoolmaster, Justin Morgan, takes two colts as payment for an old debt. The younger of the two grows into a sturdy, though small, riding horse which served as the foundation of the Morgan breed.
Adaptations
In 1972, the book was adapted as a film by Disney Studios. It starred Don Murray as Justin Morgan.[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068789 "Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972)"]. IMDb.] John Smith, formerly of the NBC series 'Laramie', played the part of Mr. Ames.
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