Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage, Book 1
by Zane Grey
Recommended by Tim O’Reilly and Tim O_x0092_Reilly
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Westerns, Western, and Most Recommended Books.
Arguably Zane Grey's most popular novel and a forerunner of the western genre, Riders of the Purple Sage tells the story of a Mormon woman caught between the persecution of religious zealots and several "Gentile" gunmen seeking to lend her a helping hand. Set in Utah during the nineteenth century, this novel offers an early critique on the practice...
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