Автор: Will James

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.