Riders of the Purple Sage

by Zane Grey
Category: "Fiction - Western"
Pages:290
Year of Publication:1912
Date Read:08/21/1993
Notes: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.
My Rating: 5

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Review - Riders of the Purple Sage

If Grey had written the title and then stopped writing, I would have given it a 10. The plot had some potential, but the ending was goofy and the writing was so awful that I groaned out loud repeatedly.

Reviewed by Roger on 2003-07-21 07:51:47

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