The Will James Cowboy Book [Hardcover]

Will James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Tumbleweed

Loping through a book by Will James is the next best thing to being there.

Born in a covered wagon near Great Falls, Montana, and an orphan at the age of three, James was adopted by a French Canadian trapper and prospector. With no formal schooling or lessons in drawing, "he was a cowboy until a bucking horse threw him into writing," as Time magazine once said of him. He looked more like an Irish scholar than a cowpuncher, but he wrote as he talked...in a natural, easy-going way.

This book contains 15 memorable stories.

--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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6 1-hour cassettes --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Hardcover: 119 pages
• Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878424695
• ISBN-13: 978-0878424696
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #447,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Will James Cowboy Book, February 8, 2009

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This review is from: The Will James Cowboy Book (Hardcover)

An excellent book of the late 18th and early 19th century cowboy of the old west.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The American Cowboy: True to life adventures, February 22, 2011

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This review is from: Will James' Book of Cowboy Stories (Tumbleweed) (Hardcover)

Will James possesses the unique ability to weave into story form real life experiences of the American cowboy. He writes just like he's talking to the reader. His style and description of events makes you feel like you are in his boots and seeing things through his eyes. Each story is a fascinating and interesting insight into what it was really like in the "old west". Content is applicable to teens through adult.