
Two Zane Grey Westerns: a Missouri teacher heads west on a job promise, and an Utah rancher defies church power amid outlaws and romance.
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Two Zane Grey Westerns: a Missouri teacher heads west on a job promise, and an Utah rancher defies church power amid outlaws and romance.
From Missouri - The story of a young school teacher who comes out West from Missouri, because of a series of letters from a Mr. Owen, who says there is a job there for her. The Riders of the Purple Sage - Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by scholars to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called "the most popular western novel of all time." (Goodrea...
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Central chaste romances with kisses and embraces; no explicit sexual content
Gunfights, ambushes, rustling, and killings; frontier violence without gore focus
Rare mild period language such as damn
Occasional drinking in frontier and outlaw settings
No LGBTQIA characters or themes present
Mormon faith, clergy, polygamy pressure, and church authority drive the plot
No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonic content present
Central themes of church power, polygamy, individual freedom, and frontier justice
No self-harm or suicide content depicted
Forced-marriage coercion, whippings, kidnapping, and religious persecution on-page
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