![]() Paul and Maureen save enough to buy Phantom, and Paul is able to capture her on the roundup because she is slowed down by her new foal, Misty. Paul and Maureen work to earn money to buy a Chincoteague Pony mare named the Phantom, who has escaped the roundup men on Pony Penning Day for the past two years. The book then tells the story of two children, Paul and Maureen Beebe, who live with their grandparents on Chincoteague Island. The ponies in the hold of the galleon swim to Assateague Island and become feral as the years and eventually the centuries pass. Misty of Chincoteague begins with an account of the wreck of a Spanish galleon off the coast of Virginia. ![]() The 1961 film Misty was based on the book. It was one of the runners-up for the annual Newbery Medal, now called Newbery Honor Books. Set in the island town of Chincoteague, Virginia, the book was inspired by the real-life story of the Beebe family and their efforts to raise a filly born to a wild horse. Misty of Chincoteague is a children's novel written by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis, and published by Rand McNally in 1947. ![]() "Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague" (1949) ![]()
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