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Also Known As Marguerite Breithaupt
Born April 13, 1902 • Milwaukee • Wisconsin
Died November 26, 1997 (aged 95) • California
Awards And Honors Newbery Medal (1949)
Notable Works “King of the Wind” • “Misty of Chincoteague”

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