Sutter Buttes: Land of Histum Yani, Sutter County [Author Inscribed]

Marysville, Calif.: Normart Printing Co., 1981. 2nd Printing. Quarto with green pictorial wraps; 152 pages: illustrations, maps; index; 27 cm Near fine; pages clean bright and tight; spine a bit sunned, with small closed tear to head; crease at lower corner to rear of wraps. Paperback.

[Author inscription next to author portrait]. A unique and heartfelt guide to Sutter County's history, geography and wildlife. "[The] [a]im of the author in this tale of the Sutter Buttes of Sutter County has been to present in one source some of the colorful legends, history, origin, and early settlements of the region. Called "Histum Yani" for "Middle Mountains of the Valley by the Maidu, these unique peaks remain landmarks, homeward beacons for modenr land and air travelers. From the foothills, the coast, Mt. Shasta, the Sacramento and Feather Rivers, and the Delta, the Sutter Buttes loom on the horizon [...] This book salutes the Sutter Buttes, the first Indians, trappers, and pioneer settlers, as well as modern homeowners and residents of the area with the hope that the reader derives some of the same pleasure from this chronicle that the author experienced in the research." --Foreword.