Riders of the Purple Sage
Author(s): Zane Grey
The canyons and sage plains of Utah have a dangerous beauty. Skilled riders must go out every day and night to protect the herds and the homesteads from cattle rustlers. Stories of a masked man and a lone gunman looking for vengeance have spread across Utah. There has long been a feud between Gentiles and Mormons. A feud that Jane Withersteen, daughter of the man who founded the Mormon settlement of Cottonwood, chooses to ignore. When Mormon Elder Tull discovers that the woman he means to make one of his wives has offered hospitality to an outsider he vows vengeance but he underestimates her courage and the determination of the riders of the plains.>
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The legendary author who spawned the Western genre stirs the blood with his first break-out bestseller
Zane Grey was born in Ohio in 1872 in the town his ancestor, Ebenezer Zane, founded. He is most famous for his novels set inpioneering America and can be credited for creating the Western genre. He had a lifelong passion for fishing,for writing andfor women - a situation thathis wife endured stoically. He was the author of over 90 books and becameone of the first millionaire authors. In addition to his novels, he wrote articles on fishing andset up fishing resorts in New Zealand and Australia. He died in 1939.
General Fields
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- : Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- : Hodder Paperback
- : 0.204
- : 197mm X 128mm X 21mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Zane Grey
- : Paperback
- : 813.52
- : 304
- : n/a
