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Bonanza Publishing, [Published date: 1992]. Paper cover, 112 pp; 21 x 24 cm; Limited First Edition, Volume 1 of the Heart of the West Series; black-and-white photographs and illustrations by Don Gray. Signed by the author (Rick Steber) on half-title page.
In very good condition. Illustrated paper covers have a small nick to the paper just above the title and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Not Ex-library. Compelling blend of writing, photography, and art, weaving stories of Western pioneers, buckaroos, ranchers, and the enduring spirit of the Northwest through themes of legacy, cycles of history, and the metaphor of a tree's heartwood. Chapters include portraits of individuals and places, including Del Brock, Cap Collier, Ida Dutcher, Charlie Hall, Island Ranch, Frank King, Kings River Ranch, Lone Pine, Bridge Malley, Babe McVay, Howard Miller, Harold Morgan, Clarence Nuxoll, Ethyl Parish, Jewell Finley Parman, Austin Peltier, Ross Plummer, and Jay and Ruth Russell, interspersed with evocative landscapes and personal recollections. Includes epilogue with updates on the people interviewed for the book. [From Introduction] "Like the growth of a tree, the history of the West has occurred in cycles, eras, rings of expansion and evolution. One generation pushed westward for furs, the next for gold, followed by land-hungry pioneers, timber-hungry loggers.... They built layer upon layer. To plot our future course the emerging West must never lose sight of the past, and of the people who are our heartwood."