The Desert of Wheat

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 to maintain one's values in times of war. Dorn is torn between his love for his country and his loyalty to his German heritage, and must navigate a web of deceit and danger to uncover the truth behind the wheat sabotage. Along the way, he falls in love with a strong-willed woman who challenges his beliefs and helps him find his true path. The Desert of Wheat is a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and redemption, set against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.1924. From the master of the western comes a novel full of romance and adventure. The novel begins: 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 who had conquered over sage and sand. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.