Bob Scriver (1914-1999) was a bronze sculptor of Western subjects. Born and raised on the Blackfeet Reservation, his career parallels and illustrates the explosion of interest in this genre. Especially noted for his series on the Blackfeet and for his powerful rodeo series, his nearly 1,000 works include many animals and a small cluster of religious works around the death of his daughter.

In the Sixties Mary Strachan Scriver helped to build his bronze foundry and was his third wife. This biography is organized around the steps of casting a bronze by the Roman block method.

Introduction is by Brian Dippie.