Description: THE DESERT OF WHEAT By ZANE GREY, Hodder UK, 1st printing, 1919 per the ZGWS. FR+/Good book with a nice quality replica dust jacket in mylar --based on the 3rd printing of 1922-23. There is no date within the publication page; however, the ZGWS guide to UK editions by Leeson indicates this was 1st published in 1919; further, this copy has all the illustrations found in the first American editions. On the title page the first mentioned ZG book is The Roaring U.P. Trail from 1918. This is a vintage, full, -or octavo sized book, not the smaller .2 net edition without any illustrations. This title was also made into Riders of the Dawn, a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Jack Conway and starring Roy Stewart, Claire Adams, and Joseph J. Dowling. The following is the story description from a U.S. edition: A vigorous story of Kurt Dorn's fight to purge his blood of a hated taint and his war against the IWW’s who ruin his wheat harvest.The farmers of the great Northwest, after their wheat fields have been destroyed by the unscrupulous methods of these "Bolshevists," band together to wipe out the menace under the leadership of Kurt Dorn. How he wins victory and encouraged by a great love, makes a very effective tale.
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Features: Dust Jacket
Custom Bundle: No
Format: Hardcover
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Special Attributes: 1st EDITION
Series: Yellow Jackets
Modified Item: No
Number of Pages: 350
Subject: Action, Adventure
Illustrator: Koerner
Topic: western movie, Labor strife, Action, Adventure
Book Series: HODDER YELLOW JACKETS
Vintage: Yes
Era: 20th Century
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Ex Libris: No
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Publication Year: 1919
Book Title: The Desert Of Wheat
Intended Audience: Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Author: Zane Grey
Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Fiction
Literary Movement: Romantic Period, labor
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Inscribed: No
Signed: No
Genre: Action & Adventure
Personalized: No
Cultural Region: American Literature
Type: Novel
