Riders Of The Purple Sage

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Whatever else may be said about Lassiter, there was one feature upon which all agreed. He's a man with a marvelous quick... (more)

Whatever else may be said about Lassiter, there was one feature upon which all agreed. He's a man with a marvelous quickness and accuracy with a six-gun. The type of man riders in this part of the country call...a gun-fighter. But this time, his gun was on the side of Jane Withersteen, a beautiful, gentle, young mormon woman. A woman trying to protect her ranch from relentless cattle rustlers and greedy men who wanted her ranch, and her, for their own... (less)

This novel is set in Utah, in the year 1871. Jane Withersteen, a wealthy and contented rancher, befriends Bernie Venters... (more)

This novel is set in Utah, in the year 1871. Jane Withersteen, a wealthy and contented rancher, befriends Bernie Venters, who happens to be a non-Mormon. This angers several Elders, who pressure her to break with Bernie and decree that she must marry the grim, arrogant Elder Tull. Jane resists, and Tull and his band try to break her will by the use of more violent methods. Enter Lassiter, a loner from the North, who has a fearsome reputation as a deadly hand with a gun. (less)