China's tradition of ``rivers-and-mountains'' poetry stretches across millennia.

The pine cabin of the Wild West is an enduring image of retreat and peace that strikes a chord in every man, woman and beast. The 19th-century pioneers who settled the West set the style for Rocky Mountain home building that has endured to the present. This illustrsted work celebrates the traditional log homes of the West, which range from three-room retreats to the Busted Ass Ranch's restored complex of buildings, bringing the fantasy of a cosy mountain hideaway to life.

Features homes on mountains and the unique way of life in these often remote areas.