{"product_id":"9780743211802","title":"Heart of the Beast","description":"Author: Joyce Weatherford\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780743211802\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Nov 2002\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn her remarkable debut, Joyce Weatherford writes with raw power, muscular beauty, and firsthand experience about life in the twentieth-century American West.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Twenty-eight-year-old Iris Steele has just inherited her family's ranch in northeast Oregon. It is the ranch where she grew up herding cattle and harvesting wheat, and where her brother and father both died. It is also, it turns out, land that the Nez Percé Indians now claim is rightfully theirs. As Iris begins to piece together the property's legitimate ownership, she unearths not only her family's turbulent history, but also two centuries of tortured relationships between homesteaders and Native Americans. Struggling with a new crop and a fragile romance, she must ultimately confront the true nature of her legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n In astonishing language, Joyce Weatherford combines unflinching descriptions of ranch life with the sensuous beauty of the Oregon landscape. Part romance, mystery, courtroom drama, and history, \u003ci\u003eHeart of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e is a family saga of epic power and import.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871661215902,"sku":"HPC-9780743211802","price":31.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780743211802.jpg?v=1779618524","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780743211802","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}