How the West Was Drawn: Cowboy Charlie's Art

by Linda Osmundson

Book Overview

From trapper camps to roundups, from Indian teepees to buffalo hunts, the art of Charles Marion Russell is a journey to the Wild West. Although most Western artists in the early nineteenth century never lived in the West and painted mostly the legends they heard, Cowboy Charlie loved to paint the scenes around him whether he was working as a night wrangler or living with the Blood Indians. That's why when historians and researchers want to know...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589808843
• ISBN13: 9781589808843
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7