{"product_id":"the-desert-of-wheat-by-zane-grey-fiction-westerns-9781603121705","title":"The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey, Fiction, Westerns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor of more than sixty popular, highly-influential Western novels, Zane Grey was born \"Pearl\" Zane Gray.\u003c\/strong\u003e Although no one knows for certain, it seems likely that Grey thought that \"Pearl\" was too feminine a name for an author of Western adventure. Zane was Grey's family name, and he was intensely proud of his Western pioneer heritage. His first-published book, \u003cem\u003eBetty Zane\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e(1803), \u003c\/em\u003e was inspired by the true story of Revolutionary War frontier heroism in his family. Grey's early books about his own family were not commercially successful. Beginning with his first Western novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Heritage of the Desert, \u003c\/em\u003e Zane Grey launched upon one of the most influential writing careers in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Desert of Wheat was first published in 1919. It tells the story of Kurt Dorn, a young American wheat farmer who is torn between saving his farm and defending the woman he loves, and defending America during the First World War. Kurt does eventually choose to go to war, where he realizes how futile and destructive warfare is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603121705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Zane Grey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43433866854581,"sku":"9781603121705","price":17.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_befcb7e0-4ea6-4252-bc5e-1c51d996459d.jpg?v=1703571366","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-desert-of-wheat-by-zane-grey-fiction-westerns-9781603121705","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}