Title: A Westerner's look at the West
Product review: Fred Harman (1902-82), although born in Missouri, was taken in infancy to Colorado and there grew up steeped in the history, lore, and landscape of the West. He was best known as the creator of the long-popular comic strip "Red Ryder," but in his late 50's he began a second career as a serious painter of the real and legendary aspects of the region. This book collects 88 of his paintings, some in color, others reproduced in BW, and ranging from charater portraits to Russell/Remington-style action pictures. Here are scouts and buffalo hunters, Indians (both Navajos and plains tribes), animals wild and tame, stagecoaches and sheep wagons, and above all cowboys and their horses. Each is on a double-page spread with a brief note describing the situation portrayed. There's also a biographical introduction that covers Harman's life and career. Lovers of Western art won't fail to enjoy these.
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