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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 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

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

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

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

The Desert of Wheat is a novel written by Zane Grey and is available in a large print edition. The story is set in the Pacific Northwest during World War I and follows the character of Kurt Dorn, a German-American farmer who is caught in the middle of the war. Dorn's wheat fields... Read Full Overview

The Desert of Wheat is a novel written by Zane Grey, first published in 1919. Set in the Pacific Northwest during World War I, the book tells the story of Kurt Dorn, a German-American farmer who is caught between his loyalty to his country and his love for his adopted home. When... Read Full Overview

The Desert of Wheat is a novel by Zane Grey that tells the story of Kurt Dorn, a German-American farmer who becomes entangled in a plot to sabotage the wheat industry during World War I. Set in the Pacific Northwest, the book explores themes of patriotism, loyalty, and the struggle... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Author of more than sixty popular, highly-influential Western novels, Zane Grey was born "Pearl" Zane Gray. Although no one knows for certain, it seems likely that Grey thought that "Pearl" was too feminine a name for an author of Western adventure. Zane was... Read Full Overview

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