NMLP P-044320 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
Misty of Chincoteague
Marguerite Henry (illus. Wesley Dennis) · Rand McNally & Company (Chicago) · 1947
US edition is the true first: Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, 1947 — the census claim is confirmed. No prior serialization or foreign-language appearance is documented, and no simultaneous UK issue is documented; British editions followed later and are reprints of the American text, not co-firsts. The book was a 1948 Newbery Honor, which post-dates publication.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-044320 for "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry (illus. Wesley Dennis) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-044320, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).