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William Roderick James (June 6, 1892 – September 3, 1942) [1] 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, [2] and numerous "cowboy" stories for adults and children.
Flat Stanley is an American children's book series written by author Jeff Brown (January 1, 1926 – December 3, 2003). [1] The idea for the book began as a bedtime story for Brown’s sons, which Brown turned into the first Flat Stanley book. The first book featured illustrations by Tomi Ungerer and was published in 1964. [2]
Sheriff Woody and Jessie (Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3) Yosemite Sam (animated) Cole Cassidy; SpongeBuck SquarePants (SpongeBob Episode; "Pest of the West") Cowboy Zombie (Plants vs. Zombies 2's Wild West) Hol Horse; Sheriff Callie; Howdy Doody
The first Western stories to appear in the comics were in the mid-1930s: National Allied's New Fun Comics #1 (Feb. 1935) ran the modern-West feature "Jack Woods" and the Old West feature "Buckskin Jim"; Centaur Publications' The Comics Magazine #1 (May 1936) ran the feature "Captain Bill of the Rangers"; and David McKay Publications's Feature ...
Pecos Bill (/ ˈ p eɪ k ə s / PAY-kəs) [1] is a fictional cowboy and folk hero in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. These narratives were invented as short stories in a book by Tex O'Reilly in the early 20th century and are an example of American "fakelore".
A live production based on the show toured in the early 1950s. A story in the October 6, 1951, issue of Billboard reported on the Shrine Show scheduled for December 8–9, 1951, in Miami, Florida. "First attraction signed," it said, "was Bobby Benson, kid star of the Mutual Broadcasting Company's (MBS) B-Bar-B stanza.
The Horn Book Magazine, in a review of Black Cowboy, wrote: "In vivid, poetic prose, Lester tells the tale of a uniquely talented man, cowboy Bob Lemmons. ..Pinkney's magnificent earth-toned paintings bring to life the wild beauty of the horses and the western plains, the dark drama of a nighttime thunderstorm, the fierce battle of the stallions", and concluded: "This latest collaboration ...
The story details the life of a horse in the western United States from his birth to his eventual decline. It takes place after the year 1910, during which the West dies away and automobiles are introduced. Smoky is born in the wild but is captured and trained by a cowboy named Clint.