Peter Lundy was my favorite. Wanted: Tall, skinny, wiry fellows... orphans preferred.

Laga, I just finished rereading Peter Lundy last night! Verdict, many years later: some of the Native American dialect is pretty dodgy and cringe-inducing, but by and large it still holds up (and Marguerite Henry has much more technical grace and artistry as a writer than I'd remembered), and oh how I someday want to look down a long dusty road and see a wee Irishman walking toward me surrounded by a flock of goats and ponies and dogs and cats and chickens, with a burro foal on a pack on his back.

The illustrations were quite fine, but they still made me miss Wesley Dennis.

Now I need to re-read Born To Trot, and also Stormy, Misty's Foal and Brighty of the Grand Canyon. I can't even begin to add up how many times I read and re-read those books as a kid.

I never watch anyone out of sight since reading Peter Lundy.

Come to think of it, any time I see a paint horse, I'm looking for a bonnet and shield.

Stormy, Misty's Foal

I just found my copies of both Misty and Stormy. They are hard back with the dust covers still intact. They were a gift from my parents for Christmas circa 1965-ish, along with a hard back copy of The World of Pooh. All three now reside in the bookshelf in our bedroom, waiting for me to have time to read them. I adored those books. I remember checking Peter Lundy out of the library probably 20 times.

Was Peter Lundy a different title for Santo Domingo, the Medicine Hat Stallion or was it a completely different book with similar characters?

I read the Misty books, but the only one I owned was Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague.

I got the gift boxed Misty & Stormy Breyer models with the books. Brighty, too, I think.

I thought it was called "Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion"... or was that the movie? Ohh Leif Garrett.

Cool. I have Brighty. I also loved Justin Morgan Had a Horse.

I was just thinking of the Justin Morgan book because one of the US teams in Combined Driving at the WEG was a team of black Morgan horses. Sadly, two of the five horses got spun on the first day so they weren't on tv at all. They were the only team of completely American horses entered. (One of the US teams were Quarter Horse/Friesian crosses.)

Isn't it interesting that Henry never wrote a book about Quarter Horses? I guess they just didn't capture her imagination.

Wikipedia says that San Dominigo: the Medicine Hat Stallion was the first title and that Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion was a later edition's title.