The desert of wheat :
a novel /
by Zane Grey, author of "The border legion" "Desert gold" "The U.P. trail" "Wildfire" etc. ; illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner.

Description

Main Author

Grey, Zane, 1872-1939

Related Names

Wheeler, Joe L., 1936-, former owner,
Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef), 1878-1938, illustrator.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York ; Harper & Brothers, 1919.

Subjects

Industrial Workers of the World.
Industrial Workers of the World > Industrial Workers of the World / Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > World War, 1914-1918 / Fiction.
Pacific Northwest.
Northwest, Pacific > Northwest, Pacific / Fiction.
Western fiction.
Fiction.
American fiction > American fiction / 20th century.
Western stories.

Summary

In the midst of World War I, Kurt Dorn cannot agree with his German-born father that America is making a mistake by siding with Great Britain. Meanwhile area farmers come into conflict with the IWW, which doesn't want the area's wheat to go to support the troops.

Note

Frontispiece and plates facing pages 110, 118 and 218.
Verso of title page: Published January, 1919.

Physical Description

376 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

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