Brighty of the Grand Canyon - Softcover

The author of this book, Marguerite Henry, was born Marguerite Breithaupt on April 13, 1902 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She wrote more than 50 books. Almost all of her books were about animals, especially about horses. Misty of Chincoteague is her most famous story, as it has been made into a movie and possibly will be made into a TV series. Her second most famous story is Brighty of the Grand Canyon about a real-live burro who for thirty years carried passengers up and down the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon in Arizona to the Colorado River. Marguerite Henry was married to Sidney Crocker Henry. They had no children. She died in on November 26, 1997 in Rancho Santa Fe in California at the age of 95. Her books were mostly illustrated by Wesley Dennis. She wanted the best horse artist in the world to illustrate it, so she went to the library, studied the horse books and selected and sent her manuscript to Wesley Dennis. John Wesley Dennis was born May 16, 1903 in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He decided to make his living drawing horses. Dennis began by sketching racetrack winners, hoping to receive portrait commissions from the owners. He decided to further his education and traveled to France to study with an artist who an expert on horse anatomy. He illustrated more than 150 books. Most of his books were books about horses. John Wesley Dennis had a special arrangement with Marguerite Henry where she paid him a part of her royalty checks. He really worked for her, not for the publisher. He died on September 3, 1966 at age 63 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, the same place where he had been born.