The Fruit of the Desert is a novel written by Everett Titsworth Tomlinson and published in 1907. The story is set in the American Southwest and follows the life of a young man named John Dunstan, who is forced to leave his comfortable life in the East after a scandalous incident. He travels to the desert region to start anew and becomes fascinated with the harsh beauty of the landscape and the resilient people who live there. As John begins to adapt...