The Desert of Wheat: A Story of the Rders of the Dawn
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair Dustjacket
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Enjoy the romance and adventure of a western novel written almost a century ago, when the danger and excitement of the frontier were still fresh in the mind of the author, Zane Grey, who was born and lived in that thrilling part of American history, and who brought that thrill and wonder into the pages of his novels. This hardcover book is in good condition with slight edge wear and has a fair dustjacket with slight edge wear. There is a former owner's name on the front endsheet.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- High Desert Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 99
- Title
- The Desert of Wheat
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Format/Binding
- Bound in green cloth with black lttering on the spine and cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap; Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 377 pages
- Size
- 5in x 8in
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- zane grey western
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Novels;
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....