Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

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First published in 1912, immediately selling over a million copies, Riders of the Purple Sage was the novel that set the pattern for the modern Western. This is the most generously annotated critical edition available.

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Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

'With searching eyes he studied the beautiful purple, barren waste of sage. Here was the unknown and the perilous.' The novel that set the pattern for the modern Western, Riders of the Purple Sage was first published in 1912, immediately selling over a million copies. In the remote border country of South Utah, a man is about to be whipped by the Mormons in order to pressure Jane Withersteen into marrying against her will. The punishment is halted by the arrival of the hero, Lassiter, a gunman in black leather, who routs the persecutors and then gradually recounts his own history of an endless search for a woman abducted long ago by the Mormons. Secrecy, seduction, captivity, and escape: out of these elements Zane Grey built his acclaimed story of the American West.
Excellent introduction by Lee Clark Mitchell, that confirms Zane Grey was never anecdotal: this novel is much more than just a WesternGeorges-Claude Guilbert, Universite Francois Rabelais Tours
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ISBN 13 9780192833259
ISBN 10 0192833251
Title Riders of the Purple Sage
Author Zane Grey
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1998-08-01
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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