Tells the remarkable story of a historical collision between two opposing cultures and the highly controversial use by the United States Army of employing Indian scouts to fight as mercenaries. This practice divided the Indian nations and effectively ended any possibility of the tribes banding together to drive the white invaders from Indian lands. After a string of broken promises by the United States government, Chief Joseph and the non-treaty Nez Perce Indians were forced to give up their lands and traditional way of life. In a futile attempt to avoid war with Army forces directed by Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard, the Nez Perce embark on a 1,170-mile flight that ended abruptly only 40 miles shy of freedom in Canada. This ugly conflict has proven to be one of our nation’s most defining moments, and one of our most shameful failures.

Revolution is in the air as the ruthless Western Federation of Miners targets anyone who stands in their way. When the governor of Idaho is bombed at his front gate, followed by a copycat bombing of a county sheriff who is also a candidate for the governorship of Oregon, there is hell to pay. In the ensuing trial, the National Pinkerton Detective Agency is pitted against the most famous attorney in all the land, Clarence Darrow. He claims that the working class will now rise up against the capitalists and this will be … The Trial for America’s Soul.

A Cowboy Goes to War – Non-Fiction Bud Fairclo was a cowboy who loved running wild mustangs and the open spaces of the High Desert. After the Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor, he went off to war and returned home as one of the most decorated soldiers of World War Two. Following in the footsteps of the Greatest Generation came the Baby Boomers. Bud’s son, Larry, finds himself adrift in an era of civil unrest and the prospect of having to go overseas and fight in an unpopular war in Vietnam. His safe harbor becomes in gleaning the details of his father’s war hero status, the return of medals lost in a house fire, and paying tribute to all veterans – and their families – who have sacrificed so much to defend this country, and to assure us of the freedoms we all enjoy. Freedom is never free.

MAN IN THE MIRROR Bart Manning is a hardworking cowboy who gets sideswiped by the American Dream. Along the way he loses a son and a wife, and damn near everything he holds dear. Then one day he comes across a poem, Man in the Mirror, and everything man in the mirror backcover 250changes. He meets a man, or maybe it is God Himself, who gives Bart the gift of story, a story he feels duty-bound to share with the world. Using his cell phone to gain a social media following, he embarks on a risky cross-country trek on horseback. This is a rollicking journey of life, love and distance…

Out Killing Indians Out Killing Indians by Oregon author, Rick Steber, was chosen as the international GRAND PRIZE WINNER by the INDIE BOOK AWARD. The Indie Book Award is one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the literary industry. According to Awards Coordinator Shelly Anderson, “Out Killing Indians is very deserving of our highest award based upon the forceful story and brilliant writing. It is my personal hope this world-wide award will help promote this book, and raise awareness of the painful history that was forced upon Native Americans. Five stars.” At the end of the Civil War, federal troops were sent to the High Desert of the Far West with orders to kill any and all Native People who refused to give up their homeland and be confined to assigned reservations. The narrator of Out Killing Indians is the son of an Indian father and white mother. He returns home to the reservation after a couple decades spent roaming America, to discover his great-grandfather was a renegade chief who fought to his death against the federal troops and the encroachment of the white race. This revelation inspires him to embrace his Indian heritage and to acknowledge the genocide of his people.

The Last Outlaw is the true story of Tobe Skiens, a 23-year-old buckaroo, who takes up the outlaw trail, stealing horses and running them across a 2,000-mile swath of desert country. Stealing horses is the most dangerous and exciting of all occupations. It is played for the highest of all possible stakes—a man’s life.

A COWBOY TO LOVE is a contemporary novel set in Northeast Oregon at the end of the Second World War. The main character, Jo Walker, falls in love with a local stockman. They marry and he takes her to his ranch on the Snake River. The only way into the ranch is a long horseback ride or the once-a-week arrival of the jet boat. The solitude of such an isolated existence eventually takes its toll. Jo gives up on her marriage, moves to town and becomes entangled in a steamy romance with a married rodeo cowboy, an affair so wild and dodgy that townsfolk are incapable of wrapping their minds around such a thing. It is the intertwining of this impossible love - the threads of love will last a lifetime - that is at the heart of this wonderfully entertaining novel.

FALL DOWN ANGEL True-Life Adventures A contemporary novel by Rick Steber that is based on the true-life adventures of two runaways who work their way west hopping freight trains. The young man makes a series of bad decisions, turns to petty crime, is arrested and spends ten years in Folsom Prison. The young lady seizes on a business opportunity to become the madam of a legal brothel in Nevada. The genius of the story is in the strange twist of events when the two main characters meet again decades later and discover they share a common past.

LITTLE WHITE MAN Non-Fiction A full half-century after Dr. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman lost their lives at the hands of the Cayuse Indians, Jimmy Cornelison, a young man with strong convictions and a calling from God, is assigned as the new missionary. The 21 year old minister that the Indians name Shoyapo Shoyapo - Little White Man - faces a skeptical congregation made up of the descendants of those who committed the murders. His authority is swiftly challenged by Chief Peo, a powerful and fearsome leader among his people. The stage is set for two strong-willed men to collide in an epic David and Goliath battle over the dominance of the white man's religion. (176 pages)

THREE LITTLE BIRDS Non-Fiction A suspenseful, gripping and wistfully compassionate story of a heart transplant and the unique bond formed between a man and a wild bird. George Hooker's name was placed on the organ donor list, but while he waits he is given a rescued Canadian goose egg that he holds on his chest above his damaged heart. The egg hatches and the gosling imprints upon George as he becomes "Goose Daddy". In a race against time, the burning question becomes whether or not George will live long enough to see the goose he names "Tootie" reach maturity and fly away to join a migrating flock. Three Little Birds will keep you on the edge of your seat as you go through the adventures of George and Tootie while he awaits his heart transplant. He is hospitalized and at the last minute they find him the heart of a young man from California that was killed in a car accident. Tootie today is now 17 years old, and she and George live in Bonanza, Oregon.

A BETTER MAN Non-Fiction This is a true story of one man's incredible journey. Dave Franke might have been content to lead the life of a simple cowboy, but he believed in the American Dream. He started a construction company and rode the crest of a building boom to the pinnacle of success. When the Great Recession hit and interest rates topped 24%, he lost it all. He drowned his failures with alcohol. Then one day, out on the broad sweep of the desert, God and Satan had a fistfight over his alcoholic soul. This is a powerful story of profit and loss, of weakness and strength, a story of love, forgiveness, deliverance and redemption. A must read! (165 pages) USA Best Book Finalist and Winner - Beverely Hills International Regional Best Non-Fiction

ALL AROUND AND THE 13TH JUROR Non-Fiction This true contemporary story reads like pages ripped from a dime store novel. Mac Griffith is gunned down after a barroom brawl, the shooter is arrested and charged with murder. At the ensuing trial, a cast of colorful western characters parade up to the witness stand. It is their testimony - what they have to say and what they are not allowed to say - that leads the jury to make its ultimate decision. (201 pages) Winner - Readers 5-Star Best Non-Fiction Novel.

RED WHITE BLACK Non-Fiction Red White Black tells the true story of the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up. Three men of different colors - Jackson Sundown, John Spain, and George Fletcher - are brought together during the finals of the Northwest Saddle Bronc Champsionship. What happened that September day - the judges' decision and the reaction of the crowd in the aftermath - forever changed the sport of rodeo and the way the emerging West was to look at itself. (187 pages) Winner - Beverly Hills International Best Western Award Gold Medal and Winner - Ben Franklin Silver Award for Best Non Fiction Award.

A PROMISE GIVEN Non-Fiction A Promise Given is a non-fiction book dealing with the many diverse issues each of us must face at various points during our life; love, loss, the complexities of growing old, and how each of us has the opportunity to directly effect the environment in which we live. The fast-paced narrative quickly pulls the reader into a Northwest setting and the time period surrounding World War II. Trevor Russell enlists in the service and returns home to attend college and become an elementary school teacher. He falls in love and marries. Trevor then makes a promise to his dying wife to bring the mountain bluebirds back to Oregon. He fulfills that promise by building bird houses and placing them all over Central Oregon. (157 pages) USA Best Book Finalist

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS Non-Fiction On the last day of summer in 1994, while cowboy Phil Brooks was riding in the hills of Eastern Oregon, he was struck through the heart by a bullet fired from a high-powered rifle. An intensive police investigation was launched, but no one has ever stood trial for that murder. Some locals speculate a woman was involved, or the young cowboy happened upon a drug drop, while others are convinced Phil's death had something to do with the trophy bull elk that inhabit the sprawling Fopiano Ranch where his body was found by Native American trackers. Caught in the Crosshairs is a true story full of intrigue, deception and of justice gone terribly wrong. (226 pages) Winner - Indie Excellence Award.

SECRETS OF THE BULL Novel A contemporary western novel pits legendary stockman Frank Battle against his family, the federal government and the many outside forces bent on gentrifying his pristine Eastern Oregon valley. Even after his death, Frank maintains his iron-fisted control with a stipulation in his will requiring his family to come together and operate the ranch for one year - and show a profit - or lose it all! (294 pages) Winner - Independent Publishers Silver Medal.

FORTY CANDLES ON A COWBOY CAKE Novel Forty Candles is an entertaining contemporary western novel. This story, set on the High Desert of Central Oregon, is irreverent, sinful and as unpredictable as a bunch of drovers hitting town after a long cattle drive. (228 pages)

WILD HORSE RIDER Non-Fiction Lew Minor was the best bronc buster in the world, proving it by winning the 1912 World Saddle Bronc Championship. But progress soon replaced raw horsepower and in his later years Lew became a forgotten hero, except for one man who refused to allow his legend to die. (180 pages)

NEW YORK TO NOME Non-Fiction The true story of one of history's most remarkable expeditions; the 1936-1937 discovery of the Northwest Passage by two head-strong men, Shell Taylor and Jeff Pope. The Guinness Book of World Records called it the longest canoe trip in history. (168 pages)

BUCKAROO HEART Non-Fiction Herman Vowell was a cowboy-Betty Torrens was a city girl. They found love on a remote cattle ranch until tragedy and the outside world encroached on their happiness. A tender and true story of eternal love that will capture your heart with its charm and power. (230 pages)

BUY THE CHIEF A CADILLAC Cadillac This nationally acclaimed novel portrays the ignorance, greed and madness of reservation life during the disastrous 1961 termination of the Klamath Indian Tribe. "This book should be added to reading lists for all students of American history." Tony Hillerman (320 pages) Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award - Best Western Novel.

HEARTWOOD Non-Fiction As the tree gains its strength from its heartwood, the West has grown from the strength and character shown by the extraordinary people in this artistic blend of the written word, photography and original drawings. (120 pages) Winner - Benjamin Franklin Award.

ROUNDUP Non-Fiction A "roundup" of interesting and rugged western men and women who devoted their lives to working with horses: includes wagon freighters, loggers, cowgirls, bronc riders and much more. (160 pages) Winner - Mid-America Publishers Best Regional Book Award.