Texas Christian Univ Pr, Belletristik, The Time It Never Rained, 2 (Englisch, Elmer Kelton, 1984)

The earth lay dying. Crops dried up, and fertile soil dissolved into clouds of yellow. Ranchers did everything within their power, and federal forces were called in fruitlessly. Only Charlie Flagg, old-time Texas cattleman, saw it as a fight worth continuing--and refused to give up his battle against Nature.