This book was published 2017 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform .

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) began his artistic career as a young adult. Born in Needham, Massachusetts, Wyeth traveled the American West extensively and drew what he saw. His prolific career includes three thousand works and more than one hundred book illustrations, including those for a majority of the Scribner Illustrated Classics series. Aisha Karefa-Smart, James Baldwin's niece, is an author who lives in Washington, D. C.