Arizona Nights (Illustrated)

Arizona Nights is a collection of tales from the American West as told by those who took part in them.

Stewart Edward White was a keen observer of the beauties of nature and human nature, yet could render them in a plain-spoken style. Based on his own experience, whether writing camping journals or Westerns, he included pithy and fun details about cabin-building, canoeing, logging, gold-hunting, and guns and fishing and hunting. He also interviewed people who had been involved in the fur trade, the California gold rush and other pioneers which provided him with details that give his novels verisimilitude. He salted in humor and sympathy for colorful characters such as canny Indian guides and "greenhorn" campers who carried too much gear.

This edition of the book contains the four original illustrations by N. C. Wyeth, carefully rejuvenated, and an additional seven place- and time-relevant illustrations unique to this edition.