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Excerpt from Cress DelahantyShe listened for her second heart-beat, the tap of the loosened shingle. But it was dead, it beat no more. For three days the Santa Ana had buffeted the house, but now at evening it had died down, had blown itself out. It was blown out, but it left its signs: the piled sand by the east doorsills, the tumbleweeds caught in the angle of the corral, the signboard by the electric tracks, face down, the eucalyptus with t...

Excerpt from Cress Delahanty She listened for her second heart-beat, the tap of the loosened shingle. But it was dead, it beat no more. For three days the Santa Ana had buffeted the house, but now at evening it had died down, had blown itself out. It was blown out, but it left its signs: the piled sand by the east doorsills, the tumbleweeds caught in the angle of the corral, the signboard by the electric tracks, face down, the eucalyptus with...

Humorous chronicle of a feisty teenager in Steinbeckesque California changes her personality and becomes an individual.

In thirty-six stories, West rings changes in time and presents a startling sweep of personalities and moods. Her themes span the breadth of experience, from the bite of misery to the balm of delight. Her achievement, taken totally, is a spectrum of living-a haunting, rewarding experience.

Ein ungewöhnlicher Held muss sich in "Weites Land" den rauen Sitten der Prärie stellen: Der Schiffskapitän James McKay (Gregory Peck), ein Gentleman aus Baltimore, reist in den Westen, um seine Verlobte, die Rancherstochter Pat (Carroll Baker), zu heiraten. Dabei gerät er mitten hinein in eine blutige Familienfehde. Pats Vater, Major Terrill (Charles Bickford), liegt mit seinem Nachbarn Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives) seit Jahren im Streit um die ...

In a memoir filled with compassion and deep resolve, West celebrates the lives of three women-her strong Quaker mother, her beloved and courageous sister, and herself-and gives personal insight into her own battle to survive tuberculosis.

Whether it's a gift parcel arriving on their doorstep or Confederate soldiers approaching their land, the Birdwells embrace life with emotion, conviction, and a love for one another that seems to conquer all. "The Friendly Persuasion" has charmed generations of readers as a classic tale of the American Midwest.

A dramatic, sweeping saga of life on the Indiana frontier in 1824, based on actual historical events. The Fall Creek Massacre was a unique occurrence-the first recorded instance of whites being formally charged with murder for killing Indians. Five whites were accused, tried by jury, convicted, and executed. West uses this historical record as the source for a fictional account of the events of the massacre and trial.