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13,244 ratings1,457 reviews. Lassiter is a gunslinger, an avenger in black. In a remote Utah town, he saves beautiful rancher Jane Withersteen from having to marry a Mormon elder against her will. Lassiter's own quest ends when he discovers a secret grave on Jane’s land. Author Zane Grey regularly blends action, adventure, conflict, crisis ...
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Terris 's review. Aug 13, 2023. really liked it....
- Riders of the Purple Sage Series by Zane Grey - Goodreads
Jul 16, 2023 · Riders of the Purple Sage itself was adapted into a now-lost film by the Fox film corporation starring William Farnum and directed by Frank Lloyd in 1918. I’ve recently watched the 1925 Tom Mix version and am currently hunting down the 1931, 1941, and 1996 versions and will write about my thoughts on the adaptations sometime in the future.
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Plot. 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. Jane Withersteen, a born-and-raised Mormon, provokes Elder Tull ...
- Zane Grey
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- 1912
- 1912
Oct 21, 2017 · One subplot features a woman stolen from her mother as a young girl, by a Mormon neighbor, to be brainwashed into Mormonism and raised as Mormon by the community. In his past writing, Zane Grey has his pro-Mormon moments; Riders of the Purple Sage isn’t one of them. As a Western narrative, it’s certainly passable.
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey was originally published in 1912, and is traditionally considered the first true western, a book that shaped the genre for generations to follow. It is the story of Lassiter, an enigmatic gunslinger from Texas who is hated and feared by the Mormon settlers in northern Utah.
