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Following the Harvest follows sixteen‑year‑old Will Haley as he departs his small Oklahoma town in the summer of 1943 to work as part of a wheat‑harvesting crew headed north to North Dakota. Accompanied by his heavy‑drinking father, a humpbacked hired hand, a truck driver and his wife, two cousins from Mississippi, and his father’s best friend, Will confronts the dangers of field fires, severe weather, and the hardships of long itinerant work. The journey takes the group through varied encounters—from a provisional house of ill repute to a rodeo in Cheyenne—while tensions rise over personal demons and the heavy responsibilities Will carries. Tragedy strikes when a crew member dies, leaving Will to assume a leadership role and confront maturity far beyond his years.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Fred R. Harris
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