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    • Bern Venters, Jane Withersteen, and Jim Lassiter

      • Riders of the Purple Sage 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.
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  2. Riders of the Purple Sage study guide contains a biography of Zane Grey, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. About Riders of the Purple Sage; Riders of the Purple Sage Summary; Character List; Glossary; Themes; Read the Study Guide for Riders of the Purple Sage

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  3. Riders of the Purple Sage 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.

    • Zane Grey
    • 1912
  4. Riders of the Purple Sage, Grey’s most popular novel, develops the character types he would use for another twenty-seven years. The reading public responded so well to these characters...

  5. See what I mean? Now there's purple sage: clouds of yellow dust drifted from under the cottonwoods out over the sage. the browsing herds of cattle and the lean, sun-browned riders of the sage. Her clear sight intensified the purple sage-slope as it rolled before her. a vast heave of purple uplands, would you rather go out in the sage?

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    • Zane Grey
  6. Riders of the Purple Sage Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1912 A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

  7. Overview. Riders of the Purple Sage is a novel by western writer Zane Grey. Set in 1871, the novel follows the story of Jane Withersteen, a Mormon woman being persecuted by her church leaders for refusing to become the third wife of church leader, Elder Tull, as well as her fondness for non-Mormons, or gentile, settlers in the area.

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