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William Roderick James (June 6, 1892 – September 3, 1942) 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, and numerous "cowboy" stories for adults and children.
Jan 7, 2021 · Q: What is Will James best known for? A: Will James is best known as an author-illustrator. He became one of the most influential western artists and writers of his generation and spanned the time period between Charles M. Russell and the contemporary artists of today. Q: How many James works do you have in your collection?
In this context, the Western artist and writer Will James — who was born in Montreal as Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault — is perhaps the finest cowboy we got. By all accounts an exceptional bronc skinner, a top hand, a man who could rope and ride with the best of them, he was also superbly gifted in translating that life onto the page.
Nov 22, 2023 · A Working Cowboy. Like Charles Russell before him, Will James spent many years working the Western range before he wrote his first story or created his first drawing. Unlike Russell, James is best known for his storytelling, though he was also an accomplished artist, who could render his Cowboy working days in a very convincing manner.
Feb 2, 2022 · Nearly every library in America and parts of Canada has books by Will James, but the summer he spent in a New Mexico cow camp may have been the turning point that took him from hard times, lean times and even jail time to legend status as a Western author and artist.
Will James was baptized Joseph-Ernest-Nephtali Dufault in a small town near Montreal, where his father was a merchant. The truth about the inventive francophone was revealed twenty years after his death by his biographer, Anthony Amaral. James, according to ONE, left home at age fourteen and headed West, first to Saskatchewan, then Montana.
An exhibit of prolific Western artist, illustrator and writer Will James (1892-1942) who was best known as one of the greatest “action artists” of all time.
