Adventure
Riders of the Purple Sage
1912·334 pages
An Utah rancher defies a powerful Mormon elder with help from a notorious gunman in this foundational Western of romance and conflict.
Owned
No reviews yet
Owned
An Utah rancher defies a powerful Mormon elder with help from a notorious gunman in this foundational Western of romance and conflict.
About
Details
Riders of the Purple Sage is a novel that tells the story of a woman by the name of Jane Withersteen and her battle to overcome persecution by members of her polygamous Mormon fundamentalist church. A leader of the church, Elder Tull, wants to marry her, but she has evaded him for years. Things get complicated when Bern Venters and Lassiter, a famous gunman and killer of Mormons help her look after her cattle and horses. She is blinded by her faith to see that her church men are the ones harmin...
More In This Series
View all books in this seriesWhat's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
AI
Central romantic arcs with attraction and love; non-graphic, period-era intimacy
Violence & gore
AI
Gunfights, murder, kidnapping, and cattle rustling; on-page deaths and peril
Profanity
AI
Rare mild period language typical of early Western fiction
Substance use
AI
No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
AI
No LGBTQ+ representation depicted
Religious content
AI
Mormon faith, polygamy, and religious persecution are central to the plot
Magic & witchcraft
AI
No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
AI
No occult or demonology content present
Political content
AI
Critique of religious authority, polygamy, and gender power dynamics
Self-harm / suicide
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
AI
Persecution, sexual assault themes, kidnapping, child harm, animal death
Other
AI
No information found