Did you love The Beautiful and Damned - Special Edition? Then you should read Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey!
“Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet.”
Riders of the Purple Sage tells the story of Jane Withersteen and her battle to overcome her persecution by members of her polygamous Mormon fundamentalist church, a leader of which, Elder Tull, wants to marry her. Withersteen is supported by a number of Gentile friends, including Bern Venters and Lassiter, a famous gunman and killer of Mormons. Unlike many Western novels, which are often straightforward and stylized morality tales, ‘Riders’ is a long novel with a complex plot that develops in many threads. The story is set in the cañon country of southern Utah in 1871.
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