Riders of the purple sage [WorldCat Entities]

"Riders of the purple sage"
"Ruiters van de purperen prairie"
"Wyoming, land van veedieven"
"Fursān al-mirīmīyah al-banafsajīyah"
"Riders of the purple sage, classic westerns"@en

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"Jane ran her cattle business and bossed the cowboys who rode the expanse of purple sage around her prosperous Utah ranch. Then she dared disobey the Mormons who ordered her to marry grim, brutal Elder Tull. Now her stock was being stampeded and her men disappearing. Then the mysterious gunslinger called Lassiter rode into town."@en
""One of the most famous of all Western novels! The bonds of a harsh law could not hold her when a man whose name was terror rode out of the North"--Jacket."@en
"No book has a better claim to have invented the myth of the American West. It is 1871 in Cottonwoods, Utah. This is the story of the gunman, Lassiter, and the Mormon rancher, Jane Withersteen. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied."@en
"Western stories. Cottonwoods, Utah. 1871. A woman stands accused. A man, sentenced to whipping. Into this travesty of small-town justice rides the one man the town elders fear. His name is Lassiter, a notorious gunman who's come to avenge his sister's death. It doesn't take Lassiter long to see that this once-peaceful Mormon community is controlled by the corrupt Deacon Tull-a powerful elder who's trying to take the woman's land by forcing her to marry him, branding her foreman as a dangerous "outsider." Lassiter vows to help them. But when the ranch is attacked by horse thieves, cattle rustlers, and a mysterious Masked Rider, he realizes they're up against something bigger, and more brutal, than the land itself."
"aTold by a master storyteller who, according to critic Russell Nye, "combined adventure, action, violence, crisis, conflict, sentimentalism, and sex in an extremely shrewd mixture, "Riders of the Purple Sage From the Trade Paperback edition."
"The story of a Mormon woman caught between the persecution of religious zealots and several Gentile gunmen seeking to lend her a helping hand. She gets help from the notorious gunman Lassiter, an implacable enemy of the Mormons, who has been searching for his sister who disappeared after being lured from her Illinois home."
"The story of a Mormon woman caught between the persecution of religious zealots and several Gentile gunmen seeking to lend her a helping hand. She gets help from the notorious gunman Lassiter, an implacable enemy of the Mormons, who has been searching for his sister who disappeared after being lured from her Illinois home."@en
"When Lassiter, a gunman with a reputation, rode into the Morman village he found an angry mob. The object of their anger was the richest woman in town, who was unwilling to give up control of her spring water."@en
"Jane Withersteen is a wealthy, contented rancher in the Mormon village of Cottonwoods, until the churchmen decree she must marry the arrogant Elder Tull. When she refuses, Tull and his band turn nasty, using the valley's water as his leverage. That's when Lassiter rides into town, determined to teach Tull and his mob a lesson."@en
"The story of Lassiter, a gunslinging avenger in black, who shows up in a remote Utah town just in time to save the young and beautiful rancher Jane Withersteen from having to marry a Mormon elder against her will. Lassiter is on his own quest, one that ends when he discovers a secret grave on Jane's grounds."
""This Centennial Edition includes the original text of Riders, exactly as published 100 years ago, but also includes several essays by some of the world's foremost experts on Grey, including Dr. Joe Wheeler's essay on the importance of Riders to literature, Todd Newport's essay on Grey's love of the outdoors, Chuck Pfeiffer and Zen Ervin's essay on the Geography of Riders, Bob Lentz's discussion of the movies made from the novel, and Marian Coomb's biography of Grey. The Society attempted to recreate the external attributes of the book, including the stamping on the front cover and spine, and the inlaid image on the front cover, along with a faithful reproduction of the original dust jacket." --"@en
"When Lassiter, a gunman with a reputation, enters Cottonwoods, Utah, he finds a woman unjustly accused and a man who has been whipped. Lassiter finds himself pitted against Deacon Tull a powerful man who wants to marry the woman to get her land."
"When Lassiter, a gunman with a reputation, enters Cottonwoods, Utah, he finds a woman unjustly accused and a man who has been whipped. Lassiter finds himself pitted against Deacon Tull a powerful man who wants to marry the woman to get her land."@en
"Riders of the Purple Sage, perhaps more than any other novel, contributed to the concept of the American West. If Owen Wister invented the Western story in The Virginian, Grey moved it farther west in the popular imagination and supplied authentic atmosphere. Riders of the Purple Sage is "pure Americana", to quote one critic. It has the classic elements of the genre: revenge, fast horses, abduction, pistol duels, cattle stampedes, daring pursuits and escapes, dark secrets, hidden gold, pastoral refuge, splendid sunsets - and Grey's emphasis on the passion of man and woman. This Authorized Edition carries a foreword by Loren Grey, the son of Zane Grey and a well-known psychologist. The introduction is by James C. Work, a professor of English at Coloradao State University."
"For over a decade the notorious gunman Lassiter, an implacable enemy of the Mormons, has been searching for his siter who disappeared after being lured from her Illinois home ..."
"For over a decade the notorious gunman Lassiter, an implacable enemy of the Mormons, has been searching for his siter who disappeared after being lured from her Illinois home ..."@en
"A gun-man finds himself on the side of a beautiful, gentle, young Mormon woman trying to protect her ranch from cattle rustlers and lusting men."
"A timeless tale of a proud homesteader who joins forces with a mysterious gunman to protect her land from an entire town that's turned against her."
"At long last the classic saga of the gunman known only as Lassiter and his search for his lost sister can be read exactly as Zane Grey wrote it."@en
"One of the definitive Zane Grey westerns."
"A proud young heroine who's determined to defend her Utah ranch, she stands alone against the villains who rustle and stampede her cattle--until a stranger rides into the territory. Notorious as the scourge of Mormon transgressors, the stranger stays on to assist in the inevitable showdown, and romance blooms amid the canyons and cottonwoods."@en
"Story of hair-breadth escapes from Mormon vengeance in Southwestern Utah of 1871."@en
"Western stories. Cottonwoods, Utah. 1871. A woman stands accused. A man, sentenced to whipping. Into this travesty of small-town justice rides the one man the town elders fear. His name is Lassiter, a notorious gunman who's come to avenge his sister's death. It doesn't take Lassiter long to see that this once-peaceful Mormon community is controlled by the corrupt Deacon Tull - a powerful elder who's trying to take the woman's land by forcing her to marry him, branding her foreman as a dangerous "outsider." Lassiter vows to help them. But when the ranch is attacked by horse thieves, cattle rustlers, and a mysterious Masked Rider, he realizes they're up against something bigger, and more brutal, than the land itself."@en
"Author's first book, which played a significant role in popularizing the Western fiction genre, tells the story of a wealthy Mormon woman and her struggle to maintain friendships with non-Mormons."@en
"After inheriting a southern Utah estate from her Mormon father, Jane Withersteen becomes the victim of a cruel frontier law."
"Mormon elders in the town of Cottonwoods pressure the widow Jane Withersteen to remarry so that her lands and herds will remain in their control. Gradually they frighten away most of her cowboys, and rustlers steal away her cattle, but the gunfighter Lassiter stands by her as the inevitable confrontation draws near."@en
"When Lassiter, a gunman with a reputation, rode into the Mormon village he found an angry mob. The object of their anger was the richest woman in town, who was unwilling to give up control of her spring water."@en
"This splendid, powerful, classic novel was written in 1911, but for over ninety years it has existed only in a profoundly censored version, one that undermines the truth of the characters and the integrity of Zane Grey's masterpiece. With a text based on Zane Grey's handwritten manuscript, the real Riders of the Purple Sage can be read at last as the author wrote it."@en
"Jane Withersteen ran her cattle business and bossed the cowboys who rode the expanse of purple sage around her prosperous Utah ranch. Then she dared disobey the Mormons who ordered her to marry grim, brutal Elder Tull. Now her stock was being stampeded and her men disappearing. Then the mysterious gunslinger called Lassiter rode into town."@en
"When Jane Withersteen refuses to give up her ranch, Lassiter, the infamous gunfighter, steps between her and the angry mob."@en
"Riders of the Purple Sage is Zane Grey's best-known novel. Originally published in 1912, it was one of the earliest works of Western fiction and played a significant role in popularizing that genre. It tells the story of Jane Withersteen and her battle to overcome her persecution by members of her Mormon church. Jane Withersteen does this with the help of several of her Gentile friends, Bern Venters and Lassiter, and in the end, through the help of Balancing Rock and her ..."@en
"Lassiter was a gunman with a reputation as black as his clothes and a mighty vengeance to fulfill."@en
"Jane Witherspoon has a vast inheritance left to her by her Mormon father. Knowing she is romantically involved with a Gentile, Elder Tull has published his claim to make her his wife and obtain her inheritance. Just as Elder Tull and a group of Mormons are about to whip the Gentile and banish him from Mormon Utah, the notorious gunman--and enemy of the Mormons--known as Lassiter rides in and intervenes. The Mormons initiate their punishment on Jane for having loved a Gentile by stealing from her everything she owns."
"The story of a Mormon woman caught between the persecution of religious zealots and several Gentile gunmen seeking to lend her a helping hand."@en
"A gentile sage-rider is about to be whipped by the Mormans to coerce the rich and beautiful Jane Withersteen to marry against her will. In desperation Jane whispers the prayer, 'whence cometh my help!' Just then an unlikely hero, the infamous gunfighter, Lassiter routs the persecutors and is drawn into this conflict on the Utah-Arizona border."@en
"Ẁith 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."@en
"When Jane Withersteen refused to give up her ranch, Lassiter, the infamous gunfighter, steps between her and the angry mob."@en
"Written by the bestselling Western author of all time, Riders of the Purple Sage can be seen as the original Western. When Lassiter, a gun-slinging avenger in black with a fearsome reputation, rides into the Mormon village of Cottonwoods in Southern Utah, he finds a town in turmoil. An underhand land battle is in full force. Beautiful young rancher Jane Withersteen is in possession of the richest land holding in the Cottonwoods, but the Mormon church have plans to take control by forcing the unwilling Jane into marrying Elder Tull. Outnumbered and outgunned, Jane sees no escape until Lassiter arrives. A lone gunman fighting for justice, Lassiter has his own agenda. His sister has been kidnapped by a Mormon proselytizer and he is determined to find out what happened to her. Jane finds herself drawing ever closer to Lassiter while he tries to unravel the complex web of intrigue that underlies the corrupt village. Adapted five times for film in the past hundred years, the enduring affection for the Western genre doesn't show any sign of decreasing. In Lassiter, Zane Grey creates an iconic prototype hero that inspired many books and films to come. With a complex plot and engaging with issues of morality, isolation and religion, Riders of the Purple Sage is more than just the first Western it is a classic."
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"The first great Western, a story of courage and adventure in Utah canyon country When Jane Withersteen’s father dies, he leaves her in sole possession of the family’s cattle ranch, situated on one of the most valuable pieces of land in Utah. The river that runs through the property gives Jane control of the local water supply—and the great power that comes with it. Coveting the property, a local Mormon leader named Tull tries to force Jane into a polygamous marriage—a fate that she resists. As Jane’s defiance grows stronger, so does the ire of the townsfolk, and the marriage seems all but inevitable until the infamous gunslinger Lassiter rides into town, bringing a quick trigger and frontier-hardened bravery that just may be Jane’s last great hope. Renowned for its rich depiction of the West, Riders of the Purple Sage is an unforgettable adventure story of love, honor, and courage, and perhaps the most popular Western of all time."@en
"Over 40 Million Copies Of Zane Grey's Novels Sold The premier chronicler of the American West, legendary storyteller Zane Grey has captivated millions of readers with his timeless adventures of life, death, gunfire, and justice. This is the Old West in all its glory and grandeur. Forged in blood. Enflamed by passion. Emblazoned with bullets. . . Riders Of The Purple Sage Cottonwoods, Utah. 1871. A woman stands accused. A man, sentenced to whipping. Into this travesty of small-town justice rides the one man the town elders fear. His name is Lassiter, a notorious gunman who's come to avenge his sister's death. It doesn't take Lassiter long to see that this once-peaceful Mormon community is controlled by the corrupt Deacon Tull--a powerful elder who's trying to take the woman's land by forcing her to marry him, branding her foreman as a dangerous "outsider." Lassiter vows to help them. But when the ranch is attacked by horse thieves, cattle rustlers, and a mysterious Masked Rider, he realizes they're up against something bigger, and more brutal, than the land itself. . . In this battle, no man rides alone. "Zane Grey epitomized the mythical West that should have been. . . the standout among them is Riders of the Purple Sage." --True West "Grey was a champion of the American wilderness and the men and women who tamed the Old West." --Booklist."@en
"Jane Withersteen, a wealthy young woman and ranch owner in Mormon Utah in the late 1800s, having angered the Church elders by refusing to marry, is championed by Lassiter, a gunman who has a special dislike for the Mormons."
"A master of narrative momentum and suspense, Zane Grey sweeps readers into his stories and makes them feel that things are out of control, that boundaries are being burst. In Riders of the Purple Sage, the most famous novel of the American West, Grey creates a hero of epic proportions, a villain of legendary evil and a world in which the landscape is rendered with such force that it seems to express thoughts and feelings, to become a character in its own right. Indeed, Riders of the Purple Sage derives much of its depth and power from passions whose forbidden and overwhelming nature cannot be expressed by human beings and are therefore embodied in the natural world. In his depiction of the relationship between Lassiter, the hero, and Jane Withersteen, Grey breaks other literary barriers: Jane, modelled on the heroines of the nineteenth-century novel, must come to terms with the values expressed by Lassiter - the harsh, "masculine" values of the twentieth century. Their struggles together represent the tumultuous changes society itself was confronting."@en
"Riders of the Purple Sage tells the story of Jane Withersteen and her battle to overcome her persecution by members of her church. Throughout most of the novel she struggles with her ""blindness"" in seeing the evil nature of her church and its leaders, trying to keep both Venters and Lassiter from killing her adversaries, who are slowly ruining her."@en
""When Lassiter, a gunman with a reputation, rode into the Mormon village he found an angry mob. The object of their anger was the richest woman in town, who was unwilling to give up control of her spring water." *** "In 1871, Mormons take vengeance against those who have wronged them.""
"<Em>Riders of the Purple Sage</em> is an acknowledged western classic. Although it is a book of some complexity, it encompasses the themes that have since been witnessed on a thousand movie screens."@en
"Riders of the Purple Sage is Zane Grey's best-known novel. Originally published in 1912, it was one of the earliest works of Western fiction and played a significant role in popularizing that genre.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia."@en