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Author:

Fern, Tracey E., author.

Title:

Wild Horse Annie : friend of the mustangs / Tracey Fern ; pictures by Steven Salerno.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Farrar Straus Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Subject:

Johnston, Annie Bronn--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Mustang--Conservation--Juvenile literature.
Animal rights activists--Nevada--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Picture books.

Other Authors:

Salerno, Steven, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"Wild Horse Annie was the nickname of Velma Bronn Johnston (191277), loved mustangs all her life. When she saw mustangs being rounded up and killed to make room for ranchers livestock, she knew she had to speak up. In 1950, she began writing letters to local newspapers and politicians, defending the horses' right to roam free. Many people told Annie to hush up, but they couldnt stop her. She soon became a voice for mustangs throughout the state of Nevada, speaking on their behalf at town halls and meetings. But Annie was only one person, and she wanted to do more. So she got children to speak up, too, by having them write letters to Washington, D.C., officials to ask them to save the mustangs. Finally, with the help of her young pencil brigade,

ISBN:

9780374303068
0374303061

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1028167151

LCCN:

2018944918

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)