To a God Unknown

While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother kills the tree. While fulfilling his dead father''s dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father''s spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph''s prosperity andthe farm flourishes - until one brother, scared by Joseph''s pagan belief, kills the tree and brings disease and famine on the farm. Set in familiar Steinbeck country, TO A GOD UNKOWN is a mystical tale, exploring one man''s attempt to control theforces of nature and to understand the ways of God.