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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.
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
In 1856, he became a cowboy and served with the local militia, fighting against the Comanche. A year later, in 1857, Goodnight joined the Texas Rangers . Goodnight is also known for raising and leading a posse against the Comanche in 1860 that located the Indian supply camp where Cynthia Ann Parker was working with her husband, Peta Nocona ...
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.
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".
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 ...
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.
Boomtown was a children's show on WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts that ran Saturday and Sunday mornings from 1956 through 1974, and was hosted by singing cowboy Rex Trailer. Trailer was hosting a children's series in Philadelphia for Westinghouse ; when the series lapsed in 1956, Trailer was given a choice of two other Westinghouse stations ...