Charles Bird King is the author of American Indian Portrait Cards (1992), The Paintings of Charles Bird King (1785-1862) (1977), The Important Collection of Twenty-one Portraits of North American Indians by Charles Bird King (1970), The Redwood Library Collection--North American Indian Portraits (1970), Charles Bird Kings Indianerportraetter i nationalmuseet (1942) and , Original and Later Issues of Indian Portraits by C.B. King to Illustrate McKenney and Hall's Work.