Will James 
Smoky, the Cow Horse 

Smoky, the Cow Horse Will James – This is the classic great horse story written by a cowboy who trains a little black colt to become the most dependable horse. The experiences of a fascinating horse from his birth in the wild, through his capture by humans and his work in the rodeo and on the range, to his eventual old age.

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William Roderick James (June 6, 1892 September 3, 1942)[1] was a Canadian-American artist and writer of the American West. He is known for writing Smoky the Cowhorse, for which he won the 1927 Newbery Medal, [2] and numerous 'cowboy’ stories for adults and children. His artwork, which predominantly involved cowboy and rodeo scenes, followed 'in the tradition of Charles Russell’, [3] and much of it was used to illustrate his books. In 1992, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.