TY - BOOK AU - Grey,Zane TI - Riders of the Purple Sage AV - PS PY - 1998/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Western stories KW - Utah -- Fiction KW - Women ranchers -- Fiction KW - Latter Day Saint women -- Fiction KW - Polygamy -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riders_of_the_Purple_Sage; Release date is 1998-05-01; Bill Brewer, Rick Fane and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey is a Western novel published in 1912. Set in 1871 Utah, the story follows three characters—Bern Venters, Jane Withersteen, and gunfighter Jim Lassiter—as they face persecution from local Mormon leaders in the fictional town of Cottonwoods. Jane, a wealthy Mormon rancher, resists pressure to enter a polygamous marriage while befriending outsiders. The novel features cattle-rustling, kidnapping, and gunfights across Southern Utah's dramatic canyon country. Called "the most popular western novel of all time," it helped define the Western genre. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1300 ER -