''Mountain Born'' is a children's historical novel by Elizabeth Yates. Set in the sparsely populated

Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in ...

during the 19th century, it describes the life of a

shepherd A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. ''Shepherd'' derives from Old English ''sceaphierde (''sceap'' 'sheep' + ''hierde'' 'herder'). ''Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations, i ...

's family. The novel, illustrated by Nora Spicer Unwin, was first published in 1943 by

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and was a

Newbery Honor Newbery is a surname. People *Chantelle Newbery (born 1977), Australian Olympic diver *David Newbery (born 1943), British economist *Eduardo Newbery (1878–1908), Argentine odontologist and aerostat pilot *Francis Newbery (disambiguation), seve ...

recipient in 1944. In 1972 a movie based on the book was broadcast on 'The Wonderful World of Disney'. Shot in Telluride, Colorado, it starred Sam Austin as the shepherd boy.

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1943 American novels Children's historical novels American children's novels Newbery Honor-winning works Novels set in the 19th century American novels adapted into films 1943 children's books Coward-McCann books {{1940s-child-hist-novel-stub