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Will James (percussionist)
Will James may refer to: * Will James (artist) (1892–1942), Canadian-born western artist and author * Will James (rugby, born 1902) (1902–1972), Welsh rugby union and league player * Will James (rugby union, born 1976), Welsh rugby union player * Will James, bassist for Papa Roach See also * Willy F. James Jr. (1920–1945), Medal of Honor recipient * William James (other) * Bill James (other) {{hndis, James, Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will James (artist)
William Roderick James (June 6, 1892 – September 3, 1942) 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", (Reprinted from ''Nevada Historical Society Quarterly'', Volume 33, Summer 1990, Number 2.) 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. Early life James was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, in 1892 in Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec, Canada, although later, when he began mythologizing his life and in his autobiography, he claimed he was born in Montana. He accounted for his francophone accent by claiming that after his mother died when he was one (from influenza) and his father when he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |