The Desert of Wheat
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine in near fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1919. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Koerner, W.H.D. Koerner, W.H.D. Hardcover. Early reprint. Illustrated by W.H.D. Koerner. A thrilling and romantic World War I novel set in the Pacific Northwest. From the jacket: "A vigorous story of a man's fight to purge his blood of a hated taint and his war against the I.W.W's, who ruin his wheat harvest. The famers of the great Northwest, after their wheat fields have been destroyed by the unscrupulous methods of the Bolshevists, band together to wipe out this menace under the leadership of Kurt Dorn. How he wins to victory, sustained and encourage by a great love, makes a very effective tale." It's not all war and revenge though, as there is a love story mixed in.
Near fine in brown cloth boards with dark green title to spine. Slight bump to top corner of front board and to edge of front board. Interior is very clean and bright. In original color illustrated dust jacket with faded orange title to spine panel. Slight rubbing to spine panel of jacket and slight wear to edges of jacket. 377 pages. LIT/082008.
Near fine in brown cloth boards with dark green title to spine. Slight bump to top corner of front board and to edge of front board. Interior is very clean and bright. In original color illustrated dust jacket with faded orange title to spine panel. Slight rubbing to spine panel of jacket and slight wear to edges of jacket. 377 pages. LIT/082008.
Reviews
On Apr 12 2020, a reader said:
Whether you are an old hand, or a greenhorn who has heard of Zane Grey and willing to try one of his books, The Desert of Wheat will not disappoint....unless you are expecting cowboys on horses or shoot-outs in the streets. This book has neither, but it does give us a taste of the conditions which existed during the period of years surrounding the 1st World War--especially the activity and philosophy of a group called the IWW. There is espionage, arson, murder, and intrigue all set in the wheat growing district of Washington state known as the Columbia Basin. Also, as with any Zane Grey book the vivid descriptions of landscape and his fully rounded and well developed characters are there, as well as the romance, all heightened amid the backdrop of the War--a German father who hates America; the son who wants to fight for American; the daughter of a rich banker who will do anything to keep the man she loves from going to war. The theme, the intense interaction of the characters involved make for one of the best of Zane Grey. A note of reminder: This was a contemporary novel, written and set and published during the time period it displays, so some of the language may seem dated in places, but true to the period and times. Zane Grey has often been charged with his broad use of colloquialisms, and in some of his later novels it does seem over used, but Zane Grey wrote the way he heard people speak. I highly recommend this version if you can not find or afford the unexpurgated version recently published in 2012 War Comes to the Big Bend.
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- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21047
- Title
- The Desert of Wheat
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Illustrator
- Koerner, W.H.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
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