← Mildred WalkerThe Southwest Cornerby Mildred WalkerNarrative exploring a Montana family and the complexities of placeFind on Amazon↗About the authorMildred WalkerMildred Walker was a Montana novelist who wrote quiet, intelligent fiction of the American West and Midwest that went largely unrecognized in its time. Winter Wheat is her finest novel, a spare portrait of a Montana farm girl's coming of age.More by Mildred WalkerFireweedNovel set in Montana depicting rural life and environmental change→The Brewers' Big Horses→Winter WheatNovel about wheat farming and rural American life in Montana→The Body of a Young Man→