This is the classic great horse story written by a cowboy who trains a little black colt to become the most dependable horse. The experiences of a fascinating horse from his birth in the wild, through his capture by humans and his work in the rodeo and on the range, to his eventual old age.

Smoky, the Cow Horse Will James - This is the classic great horse story written by a cowboy who trains a little black colt to become the most dependable horse. The experiences of a fascinating horse from his birth in the wild, through his capture by humans and his work in the rodeo and on the range, to his eventual old age.

First published in 1926 and awarded the Newbery Medal in 1927, “Smoky the Cowhorse” is the heartfelt and dramatic tale of a horse in the final days of the Old West by Will James, a French-Canadian artist and author of numerous cowboy stories. Based loosely on the author’s own horse named Smoky and his days spent cow wrangling in Saskatchewan before moving to the United States, “Smoky the Cowhorse” follows the titular horse through his life from birth to old age. Smoky is born a wild horse,...

The narrative of Lone Cowboy tells how a little boy, hardly more than a baby, becomes an orphan in the West; how an old French trapper, whom the boy calls Bopy, adopts him and takes him on his long, long hunts.Illustrated by the author.

Greatly Disappointed is a memoir about growing up inside a high-commitment religious tradition and slowly coming to terms with the limits of certainty, authority, and doctrinal control.Raised within Seventh-day Adventism, the author was taught from an early age that truth was not only knowable, but already fully contained within a specific interpretive system of Scripture and prophetic authority. Belief was not optional or fluid-it was central to identity, salvatio...

The story revolves around Smoky, a wild mustang horse with a fiery and independent spirit. The book follows Smoky's life, from his early days as a wild horse roaming free on the open range to his capture and domestication by cowboys. Throughout his journey, Smoky encounters various challenges and adventures, forging a strong bond with his human companions."Smoky the Cow Horse" is known for its authentic portrayal of cowboy life, horsemanship, and the rugged landscape of the American West. ...

Smoky the Cowhorse is one of the most famous and beloved horse stories told. Will James writes in 1920’s cowboy vernacular and tells the life of the horse, Smoky, in the western United States from his birth to eventual return to his home range.Smoky is born in the wild, captured, and trained by Clint and becomes known as the best cow horse. Then a horse thief steals Smoky and beats him repeatedly. Smoky eventually attacks and escapes from the abusive thief...

On an isolated range in the American West, a young horse named Smoky is born and raised. Allowed to run free for the first few years of his life, he's later captured and tamed by a cowboy named Clint. Clint sees something special in Smoky, and quickly falls in love with the intelligent, wild young horse. As the years pass, Smoky must overcome many challenges ranging from mountain lions and winter storms to horse thieves and the greatest challenge the wilderness faces: modern society.

It seemed like Mother Nature was sure agreeable that day when the little black colt came to the range world and tried to get a footing with his long wobblety legs on the brown prairie sod. Short stems of new green grass was trying to make their way up thru the last year's faded growth and reaching for the sun's warm rays. Taking in all that could be seen, felt, and inhaled, there was no day, time, nor place that could beat that spring morning on the sunny side of the low prairie butte wher...

“This book is the story of a church that has begun to experience the transformative change that will happen when you consciously choose to enter a partnership type of relationship with Jesus, and allow Him to use you beyond your wildest dreams.”So says Will James, senior pastor of the Paradise Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church in National City, California. In this book he outlines how members of the Paradise Valley Church are feeding, clothing, and educating Jesus in the form of ...

Smoky knows only one way of life: freedom. Living on the open range, he is free to go where he wants to and do what he wants to. And he knows what he has to do to survive.Smoky can beat any enemy, whether it be a rattlesnake or a hungry wolf. He is as much a part of the Wild West as it is of him, and Smoky can’t imagine anything else.Then he comes across a new enemy, one that walks on two legs and makes funny sounds. Smoky can’t beat this enemy the way he h...

When a cowboy wakes to find his prized buckskin stolen, he follows the tracks straight into a nightmare of mistaken identity, a bank robbery, and a murder charge he cannot shake. Handcuffed and hauled toward town by a sheriff who sees only a stranger on the wrong horse at the wrong time, he must survive a lawless country where appearances count for more than truth. At a ranch stop, he meets a grudge-bearing enemy and a kind young woman who secretly feeds him, believes in him, and later hel...