{"product_id":"riders-of-the-purple-sage-paperback-1","title":"Riders of the Purple Sage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZane Grey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Handley\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold by a master storyteller who, according to critic Russell Nye, \"combined adventure, action, violence, crisis, conflict, sentimentalism, and sex in an extremely shrewd mixture,\" \u003ci\u003eRiders of the Purple Sage\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of the Western genre. It is 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. \" Zane Grey's] popularity was neither accidental nor undeserved,\" wrote Nye. \"Few popular novelists have possessed such a grasp of what the public wanted and few have developed Grey's skill at supplying it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold 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 is a classic of the Western genre. It is 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. \"[Zane Grey's] popularity was neither accidental nor undeserved,\" wrote Nye. \"Few popular novelists have possessed such a grasp of what the public wanted and few have developed Grey's skill at supplying it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam R. Handley\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California and the author of \u003ci\u003eMarriage, Violence, and the Nation in the American Literary West\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.14 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riders of the Purple Sage\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759212921120,"sku":"9780812966121","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c0b1b037edfc8d925e8d87ceb3e6a01a.webp?v=1780145635","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/riders-of-the-purple-sage-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}