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The Desert of Wheat

Author
Zane Grey
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
11 hours 38 minutes
ISBN
9781836100539
Published
8 January 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • farmland
  • wheat farming
  • World War I
  • labor unrest
  • family conflict
  • romance
  • rural life
  • patriotism
  • survival
  • personal struggle

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Set amid the vast wheat fields of the Columbia Basin during World War I, the novel follows Kurt Dorn, a young farmer torn between loyalty to his German-born father and devotion to his country. As war hysteria, labor unrest, debt, and romantic longing close in, Kurt faces violence and betrayal. His struggle for honor, love, and identity unfolds against a land as harsh as the times.

Author

Zane Grey (1872–1939) was the great popular mythmaker of the American frontier — one of the first authors to turn adventure fiction into a national industry. Obsessed with the real West, he travelled widely through Arizona and Utah and brought back stories of outlaws, ranchers, gunmen, and the women and landscapes that shaped their fate.

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