A Staple-bound paperback; 38 pages, with photos and illustrations. "This

A Staple-bound paperback; 38 pages, with photos and illustrations. "This illustrated biography provides a personal sketch of Joseph Jacinto "Jo" Mora: famous illustrator, photographer, cartoonist, sculptor, chronicler of the West, and friend to the Indians. Mora moved easily from cartoons to children's books, rare photographs to watercolors and oils, sculpture to popularizing animated maps and posters. Jo Mora-a cowboy whose art has preserved our western heritage". "With a list of abilities as long as a well-thrown reata, Mora served as illustrator, painter, sculptor, printmaker, writer, photographer, architect, pictorial cartographer, cartoonist, and cowboy--all of which enabled him to express his love of Western history. He explored California missions, the natural glories of Yosemite, California's ranch life, and eventually the culture of the Hopi and Navajo in Arizona. During his travels, Mora documented observations that became the source material and inspiration for much of his later artwork." An uncommon title.