Bøker av Nancy Plain

Chief Joseph's band of Nez Perce Indians lived in Oregon's green and beautiful Wallowa Valley. His people loved their ancient home and were grateful for their land and everything that lived on it. As one Nez Perce warrior said, "I belong to the land out of which I came. The earth is my mother."But when settlers invaded, Joseph knew that his homeland and the ways of his tribe were in danger. He vowed to his dying father that he would guard the beautiful valley of winding waters with his life.In this book, you'll learn how Chief Joseph became both a statesman and a war leader, led his people in their heroic fight for freedom, and why-in his darkest hour-he said, "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

It seemed that Charlie Russell could draw or paint anything. Wherever he went, his pencils and paints went with him-sometimes stuffed inside his socks. His cowboy friends recognized their faces in his pictures, which he dashed off on scraps of paper, bits of wood, and the linings of hats. This habit of sketching life on the Montana range earned Charlie the nickname "The Cowboy Artist," and he became famous throughout the world.But as good a friend as he was an artist, fame wasn't important to Charlie. In fact, notoriety was nowhere near as precious as the life he lived and the people loved. In this book, you'll read about the one-and-only Charlie Russell and how he lived his dream and honored the Old West through his renowned art.

A painter, author, and ethnographer who devoted himself to recording Indian life-not only in the United States but in South America and Asia as well-George Catlin was an artist with a dream and an all-consuming mission. He wanted to paint the West and its true people. This biography follows the hardships that stood in his way, the dangers of travel in the 1830s, and the barriers that often existed-and still do-between different cultures. Dive deep into George Catlin's life as the doors to his travel and our land's history are opened wide for everyone to see in this true Wild West adventure.

Birds were "the objects of my greatest delight," wrote John James Audubon (1785-1851), founder of modern ornithology and one of the world's greatest bird painters. In This Strange Wilderness, award-winning author Nancy Plain brings together the amazing story of this American icon's career and the beautiful images that are his legacy.

Conveys the irrepressible spirit of a man whose passion would give us a firsthand look at the men and women who settled the Great Plains