A nice edition with 12 illustrations from the first edition of this Western classic.Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published in 1912. Considered by scholars to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called "the most popular western novel of all time." It is a story about three main characters, Bern Venters, Jane Withersteen, and Jim Lassiter, who in various ways struggle with persecution from the local Mormon community, led by Bishop Dyer and Elder Tull, in the fictional town of Cottonwoods, Utah. The story involves cattle-rustling, horse-theft, kidnapping and gunfights. This description may be from another edition of this product.
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