THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE

Riders of the Purple Sage tells the story of a Mormon woman caught between the persecution of religious zealots and several “Gentile” gunmen seeking to lend her a helping hand. Lassiter, a gunfighter, protects Jane Withersteen from cattle rustlers and greedy men who want her ranch — and her — for their own.  Set in Utah during the nineteenth century, this novel offers an early critique on the practice of polygamy and plural marriage in the Old West.