Cowboy Charlie: The Story of Charles M. Russell

by Jeanette Winter

Overview

The story of the great American painter of the Wild West, Charlie Russell.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781930900837
Publisher:	Purple House Press
Publication date:	03/01/2016
Edition description:	Reissue
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

JEANETTE WINTER has written and illustrated many books for children, including MAMA, The Librarian of Basra, Calavera Abecedario: A Day of the Dead Alphabet Book, My Name Is Georgia, and Josefina. She lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

A city boy from St. Louis, Charles Russell longed to be a cowboy in the Wild West. Ever drawing and sculpting images of his frontier heroes and the animals of the plains, the boy dreamed of being part of their wilderness life. In the hope of quelling their son's ambitions, Charles' parents sent him west for one month when he was a young teen. The month of his parent's intent extended to a lifetime of experiences with the Native Americans, cowboys, and land of the Old West--experiences Russell indelibly detailed in the lifelike paintings for which he became famous. Winter invitingly describes Russell's journey to the land and the occupation of his dreams in a concise text from which her distinctive folk art takes flight. In a rich palette of acrylics, Winter's illustrations convey the joy of a youth fulfilling his wildest ambitions and simultaneously preserving for posterity a record of the lost American frontier.

Ellen Mandel