This is a Book Club hardcover edition of the historical fiction novel The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis, published in 1978.

The plot follows a three-generational saga set in California, featuring characters struggling to build an empire during the state's transition from wilderness.

The book was published in New York by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc..

It is a three-generational saga set in California, covering the era from 1844 through 1900.

The cover art typically features a woman in a long dress, consistent with the historical romance genre