Other Fiction Munger, Dell H: The Wind Before the Dawn. V1. 5 Sep 2009

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Excerpt
The unclouded sun of a burning August day had driven bird and beast to shelter wherever a bit of shade could be found. The Kansas prairie afforded little refuge from sun or wind. The long stretches of low rolling hills were mostly covered with short grass, now dry from a protracted season of drought. Occasionally a group of stunted cottonwood trees surrounded an equally stunted looking hut, or dugout, but the blazing sunshine had browned all to a monotonous tone in keeping with the monotonous life it represented. The only corn to be seen was of the variety called sod-corn, which, unwashed by rain for a full month now, had failed to mature, such stalks as had tasselled at all being as barren as the rest because the tender silks had dried too rapidly and could furnish no fertilizing moisture to the pollen which sifted down from the scanty bloom above.

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[mtravellerh]

Nice book!

Here's what I found out about Dell H.Munger: He was born in 1862, but no year of death could be found. Who knows. maybe he is still among us! Most likely, this was a pseudonym.

The book was first published in 1912.

I would label it an adventure novel, but as we do not have that label ...

I'm reading it and it's quite entertaining!