Background
Krakel, Dean was born on July 3, 1923 in Ault, Colorado, United States. Son of Eldon A. and Gretta (Cross) Krakel.
(Artist Roy Mitchell was born in the waning days of the Ol...)
Artist Roy Mitchell was born in the waning days of the Old West, and knew the men who knew Kit Carson. He spent days cowboying, and when the days of ranching were over, he kept the West alive in thousands of drawings and paintings. Dean Krakel tells us in "Mitch" that Mitchel himself was a product of the West he loved--opinionated, crusty and independent. Dean Krakel headed the Cowboy Hall of Fame and is much like Mitchell. Considered by some to be one of the best designed art books, "Mitch" is filled with full-page photographs of the West, Mitchel and Mitchell's art and almost every page is illustrated with a snapshot or small drawing. This book is sure to please those with a love of the West and cowboy art.
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( An epidemic of cattle rustling in southern Wyoming in t...)
An epidemic of cattle rustling in southern Wyoming in the 1890s and the desperate straits of stockmen set the stage for this saga of Tom Horn, a former Pinkerton detective, an expert hunter and dead shot, and one of the most mysterious and controversial figures in the history of the Old West. Some radicals in the powerful Wyoming Stock Growers Association turned to the man who once boasted, “Killing men in my specialty; I look to it as a business proposition, and I think I have a corner on the market.” Cattle thieves were duly warned, blood was shed, and Tom Horn was implicated but never charged. Then on the morning of July 18, 1901, Willie Nickell, the fourteen-year-old son of a Wyoming sheepman, was shot. Horn’s career was ended. The arrest, trial, and execution of Tom Horn ignite fireworks in Dean Krakel’s book, and a colorful cast of cattle barons and lawmen adds to the sizzle. A jury convicted Tom Horn, but his hanging did not settle the specter of guilt.
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(Letters written to the Western artist Frederic Remington ...)
Letters written to the Western artist Frederic Remington that cover his life and works. Author was the director of the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, OK.
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(Filled with Mitch's own eyewitness accounts, tall tales, ...)
Filled with Mitch's own eyewitness accounts, tall tales, on-the-spot sketches, full-color paintings and magnificent rare old photos, this big, handsome book brings the Old West to life as vividly as if you were living it yourself.
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(Biography of Arthur Roy Mitchell who lived and painted th...)
Biography of Arthur Roy Mitchell who lived and painted the last golden days of The Old West. This oversize book is an intimate biography of the beloved raconteur's artistic career and colorful times. Compiled by one of America's foremost western art Authorities, Dean Krakel, it follows Mitch from his days as 'king of the pulp magazine cover painters' to his triumph as an incomparable Western artist, photographer and historian. Roy Mitchell was born in the waning days of the Old West, and knew the men who knew Kit Carson. He spent his days cowboyin', and when the days of ranching were over, he kept the West alive in thousands of drawings and paintings. Dean Krakel tells us in "Mitch" that Mitchel himself was a product of the West he loved--opinionated, crusty and independent. Dean Krakel headed the Cowboy Hall of Fame and is much like Mitchell. Considered by some to be one of the best designed art books, "Mitch" is filled with full-page photographs of the West, Mitchel and Mitchell's art and almost every page is illustrated with a snapshot or small drawing.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ONEP3K/?tag=2022091-20
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Krakel, Dean was born on July 3, 1923 in Ault, Colorado, United States. Son of Eldon A. and Gretta (Cross) Krakel.
Bachelor, Northern Colorado University, 1950. Master of Arts in History, University Denver, 1952. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Colorado, 1976.
Assistant curator Colorado State History Society, Denver, 1950—1952. Director, archivist University Wyoming Library, Laramie, 1952—1956. Deputy director Museum and Fine Arts Program, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, 1956—1961.
Executive director Thomas Gilcrage Institute, Tulsa, 1961—1964. Director, executive vice president National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, 1964—1985. Director Anti Metric Society, from 1976.
Served United States Navy, 1943-1946.
( An epidemic of cattle rustling in southern Wyoming in t...)
(Filled with Mitch's own eyewitness accounts, tall tales, ...)
(Artist Roy Mitchell was born in the waning days of the Ol...)
(Biography of Arthur Roy Mitchell who lived and painted th...)
(Letters written to the Western artist Frederic Remington ...)
(From Northland Press, a beautiful collection of work by J...)
(The book is new, never opened in years. Book signed by th...)
(Book by Krakel, Dean Fenton)
(Inscribed by James Boren..59 Pages)
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member National Cowboy Hall of Fame (Gold Buckle Rodeo award1974, trustees" gold medal award, 1975).
Married Iris Lesh, June, 1947 (divorced 1994). Children: Ira Dean, Jennie L., Jack R. Bachelor of Arts, Northern.