Riders Of The Purple Sage is a Morality tale written by Zane Grey. The book is about a sometimes strong heroine who has been victimized by the leaders of her Mormon Church. The character of Jane Wither Steen, a wealthy Mormon woman who is in conflict with Elder Tull because she aids Gentile Ben Venters, a non-Mormon, is featured in Riders of the Purple Sage. Before the book starts, Venters is going to receive a severe whipping from Tull because he became friends with Jane. As Venters reveals that the unidentified man is the ...
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Riders Of The Purple Sage is a Morality tale written by Zane Grey. The book is about a sometimes strong heroine who has been victimized by the leaders of her Mormon Church. The character of Jane Wither Steen, a wealthy Mormon woman who is in conflict with Elder Tull because she aids Gentile Ben Venters, a non-Mormon, is featured in Riders of the Purple Sage. Before the book starts, Venters is going to receive a severe whipping from Tull because he became friends with Jane. As Venters reveals that the unidentified man is the infamous Lassiter, Tull, and his men are about to exchange blows with the unidentified man. Despite the lack of a connection between the two of them, Lassister has traveled to Cottonwoods to visit Millie Ern's grave. Will Lassister and Jane develop any connection? Are they going to be friends? When Venters leaves Jane's house, what happens to him? To get an answer to this question, readers should go through the novel!
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What can one say about "Riders of the Purple Sage"? For as long as man has dreamed of the west, he has written about it or sought it out for himself. Yes, James Fennimore Cooper wrote about the "west". There were the Dime Novels and the Penny Dreadfuls of the 1800's written by such as Ned Buntline. Then an Eastener named Owen Wister created a character called "The Virginian" and Zane Grey had already written "Heritage of the Desert" but "Riders of the Purple Sage" would immortalize both the author and the genre of "westerns". From then on every "western" would be compared to this one. The ironic part is: Zane Grey never considered them to be "westerns"; they were romances, romantic adventures, romantic novels. And to be totally accurate, the word, "western" did not exist at the time this book was written; it did not come into use until 1927 at the earliest, so to insist Zane Grey was a "western" writer is suspect, at best. But "Riders of the Purple Sage" has everything a person has come to know and understand that belongs in a story of the west--the taciturn gunfighter; the woman in distress fighting a losing battle; great scenery; fast horses; and evil men. Yet "Riders" is more than that. It has sub-plots upon sub-plots that keep the reader wondering what is going to happen next, and this book. The only "knock" I have is the ending--but I won't spoil it for you. And, what most people don't know or realize today, Zane Grey wrote quite often from a woman's viewpoint, and does so in this book. At the time of ZG's greatest popularity more than half of his readership were women, and he was published in such magazines as, Cosmopolitan, Colliers, and Ladies Home Journal. If you have never read a "western" I whole-heartedly urge you to try this one.
Larco
Jul 8, 2011
AS IT SHOULD BE
NO COMPLAINTS. AS DESCRIBED AND PROMPT DELIVERY. WOULD RECOMMEND THE BOOK AND OF COURSE THE SELLER TO ANYONE WHO LIKES MYSTERIES.
