The title story follows wheat from a Kansas ranch through the speculators’ wars of the Chicago pit to a city breadline, while the others range across mining camps, ranches, Mexico and the sea, from a duel in the desert to comic tales of gamblers and confidence men. Published in 1903, the year after Norris died.
A sampler of the naturalist author of McTeague and The Octopus at his most concise. Download the free EPUB.