{"product_id":"charlie-russell-taletelling-cowboy-artist-9781589807587","title":"Charlie Russell: Tale-Telling Cowboy Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eA delightful book for young readers about the greatest artist and storyteller of the old American West. Raphael James Cristy  author of Charles M. Russell: The Storytellers Art  Charles Marion Russell was the first artist to live most of his life in the West  sketching and painting not only from live subjects  but from actual experience. Becoming a frontiersman at a young age in 1880  he rode and worked with horses on a daily basis  something that no other Western artist had done before. This biography for children is the first of its kind about Russell  and the subjects own vibrant paintings illustrate his life story. It follows Russell from his school days through adulthood and reveals how he held on to his dreams  living out a childs cowboy fantasy.  Charlie Russell not only wanted to experience the West  he wanted to replicate it. It took years of hard work and determination to land a job as a cattleman and longer still for him to master his artistic talents. Through stories  paintings  and clay  wax  and bronze figures  he was able to capture that rare spirit of the region and pass it along to others. He became a famous artist  author  outdoorsman  environmentalist  storyteller  and beloved Western figureand today  thousands of his paintings  sculptures  and drawings are held in the C. M. Russell Museum in Great Falls  Montana. This book pays tribute to a great Western artist  encouraging every young cowboy to live out his dreams.  Chock-full of some of his most memorable paintings of the American West . . . A simple but lively text. The Bellingham Herald\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45273716523061,"sku":"ByrdShop_1589807588","price":96.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781589807587.jpg?v=1780490987","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/charlie-russell-taletelling-cowboy-artist-9781589807587","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}