| Charles M. Russell: The Life and Legend of America's Cowboy Artist Contributor(s): Taliaferro, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 080613495X ISBN-13: 9780806134956 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: This first comprehensive biography of Charles M. Russell examines the colorful life and times of Montana's famed Cowboy Artist. Born to an affluent St. Louis family in 1864, young Russell read thrilling tales of the West and filled sketchbooks with imagined forntier scenes. Before his death in 1926, Russell saw the world change dramatically, and the West he loved pass into legend. By then he was revered as one of the country's ranking western artists with works displayed in the finest galleries, his romantic vision of the Old West forever shaping our own. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003050796 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.10 lbs) 318 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Geographic Orientation - Montana - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This first comprehensive biography of Charles M. Russell examines the colorful life and times of Montana's famed Cowboy Artist. Born to an affluent St. Louis family in 1864, young Russell read thrilling tales of the West and filled sketchbooks with imagined frontier scenes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Taliaferro, John: - John Taliaferro is an independent historian and former senior editor for Newsweek and Texas Monthly. |