Told by a master storyteller who according to critic Russell Nye combinedadventure action violence crisis conflict sentimentalism and sex in anextremely shrewd ... » 

Told by a master storyteller who according to critic Russell Nye combinedadventure action violence crisis conflict sentimentalism and sex in anextremely shrewd mixture Riders of the Purple Sage is a classic of theWestern genre. It is the story of Lassiter a gunslinging avenger in black whoshows up in a remote Utah town just in time to save the young and beautifulrancher 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 onJanes grounds. Zane Greys popularity was neither accidental norundeserved wrote Nye. Few popular novelists have possessed such a grasp ofwhat the public wanted and few have developed Greys skill at supplying it. «