California Heartland: Writing from the Great Central Valley

by Gerald W. Haslam, James D. Houston

First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A collection of writings about the Great Central Valley of California from Yokut, Maidu and Miwok tales and poems, accounts from the era of European discovery, and classic writers like Mark Twain, John Muir, Mary Austin, Steinbeck (selection from 'Grapes of Wrath' when the Joabs first see the valley from Tehachapi Pass) to present day authors, including Joan Didion, DeWayne Rail, Richard Dokey. Larry Levi, William Everson, Lawson Inada, and more. INSCRIBED and signed by author William Rintoul (signed as Bill Rintoul) on the first page and dated in the year of publication. Woodcut illustrations by Clayton Turner preceding each section. Notes on contributors. 223 pp.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 1978