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Zane Grey was an American author best known for writing Western fiction. With books such as Riders of the Purple Sage and Betty Zane, Grey is perhaps the most famous writer of Westerns with many of his books being adapted into movies and TV shows.

As thrilling as any of the famous author's tales of the cattle country is this of the wheat lands of the Northwest. For here is the same action, suspense, and vigor that have made Zane Grey's books loved by so many thousands of readers.

Kurt Dorn was born to battle... Read Full Overview

Zane Grey is one of America's most popular and enduring authors, the man behind the classic Western Riders of the Purple Sage . Desert of Wheat is a thrilling and romantic tale of sabotage in the wheat fields of the Pacific Northwest during World War I. A passionate novel of... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey From the master of the western comes a novel full of romance and adventure. The novel begins: Late in June the vast northwestern... Read Full Overview

Late in June the vast northwestern desert of wheat began to take on a tinge of gold, lending an austere beauty to that endless, rolling, smooth world of treeless hills, where miles of fallow ground and miles of waving grain sloped up to the far-separated homes of the heroic men... Read Full Overview

Zane Grey, original name Pearl Grey, (born Jan. 31, 1872, Zanesville, Ohio, U.S.--died Oct. 23, 1939, Altadena, Calif.), prolific writer whose romantic novels of the American West largely created a new literary genre, the western.

Trained as a dentist, Grey practiced... Read Full Overview

Zane Grey is one of America's most popular and enduring authors, the man behind the classic Western Riders of the Purple Sage.

The Desert of Wheat is a novel written by Zane Grey, an American author and pioneer of the Western genre. The story is set in the wheat fields of the Pacific Northwest during World War I and follows the main character, Kurt Dorn, as he navigates the challenges of farming in a... Read Full Overview

The Desert of Wheat is a novel written by Zane Grey that tells the story of a young man named Kurt Dorn who is tasked with uncovering a plot to sabotage the wheat fields of the Pacific Northwest during World War I. Kurt is a skilled farmer who is passionate about his work and... Read Full Overview

Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 - October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and pulp fiction that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. As of June 2007, the Internet Movie Database credits Grey with 110 films, one TV episode,... Read Full Overview

Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 - October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and pulp fiction that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. As of June 2007, the Internet Movie Database credits Grey with 110 films, one TV episode,... Read Full Overview

Famed Western writer Zane Grey veers from his typical narrative trajectory and treads into topical waters in The Desert of Wheat. Honorable wheat farmer Kurt Dorn is torn over whether he should join in the fight against Germany or remain in the U.S. to protect his family and... Read Full Overview

Desert of Wheat - Kurt marries the daughter of a rancher and she nurses him back to health after his tour of Germany during World War I. The film "Riders of the Dawn" was based on his book. Zane Grey (1872 -1939) was known for his American frontier novels and in particular Riders... Read Full Overview