Book Review – Riders of the Purple Sage – Zane Grey (1912)

Book – ***+ Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) – This Zane Grey book celebrates nature and horsemanship while expressing his negative view of Mormon settlers. His protagonist, Jane Withersteen, resists the takeover of her ranch by the Mormons of Cottonwoods, employing Venters and the gunman, Lassiter, to keep her herds and horses from the rustler Oldring.