Featured in this lot is this 1948 first edition of Charles M. Russell The Cowboy Artist A Biography by Ramon F. Adams and Homer E Britzman with Bibliographical Check List by Karl Yost. The book is a biography of the Life of Charles Marion Russell. Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926) was an American artist credited for his prolific work of more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and landscapes set in the western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. He is known as "the cowboy artist" and was also a storyteller and author. Russell became an advocate for Native Americans in the west, supporting the bid by landless Chippewa to have a reservation established for them in Montana. In 1916, Congress passed legislation to create the Rocky Boy Reservation. The condition of this book is preserved with some wear to the internal spine and slight wear to the outside cover but otherwise shows a preserved overall condition. The measurements of this book are 9 3/8" x 6 1/2". The collective weight of this book is 2lb.