Download or read book Heart of the Beast written by Joyce Weatherford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-09-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an attempt to save her family farm, Iris Steele explores generations of family history and lore, piecing together the story of her family's past, and the events that fostered fear and distrust between early homesteaders and Native Americans, and is still felt by their descendants today.