Wesley Dennis

Picture book.

An unusual work horse raised in Vermont and known originally as "Little Bub" becomes the sire of a famous American breed and takes the name of his owner, Justin Morgan.

Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Moroccan stable boy who tends him with loyalty and devotion all his life.

"Relates the adventures of a little burro who blazed trails through the Grand Canyon and met many famous people in the process." --

A wild colt rescued by two children is raised by a mare who has lost her own way.

A heroic, small-boned horse with a will to win is finally ridden to glory by his devoted jockey.

"A baker's son, who dreams of becoming a riding master at Vienna's Spanish Court Riding School, is admitted as an apprentice and achieves his desire under the tutelage of both two-legged and four-legged masters." --

A fictionalized history of the life of the horse credited with fathering the standardbred line accompanied by a pictorial postlude of his ancestors and descendants.