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Will James

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Novelist, children's writer, artist (1892-1942)

CanadaWritersLived 1892 to 1942 · aged 50
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William Roderick James 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.

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1991member of the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
1927Newbery Medal

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William Roderick James 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. His artwork, which predominantly involved cowboy and rodeo scenes, followed "in the tradition of Charles Russell", 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.

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Canada
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1892 to 1942 · aged 50
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6 languages

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