chaff in the wind Author:edna walker chandler Chaff in the Wind is a saga of th4e land where the bread rises, told through the lives of some of the people who brought into being the great American Wheat Empire. Although the story actually begins in 1899, it covers the era from the early 80's to 1918. During that period occurred the greatest agricultural and industrial expansion the world ha... more »s ever known. Its impact was felt by the wheat country as well as by the cities. In that time the wheat people lived, loved, hated, dreamed, died of their dreams, and lived again, as grains of wheat in the chaff driven by the wind. The wheat people have their good, their bad, their middle-of-the road groups, as do people in any other sector of life. But they held strongly to the basic values of home, church, and school, their conflicts being mainly those of Men against Nature, and Man against Self.« less