Publisher's Synopsis
Zane Grey was a prominent American author best known for his popular western fiction. Grey was a very prolific writer and his books helped popularize the American frontier. Some of Grey's greatest novels include Riders of the Purple Sage, Betty Zane, and The Last Trail. Riders of the Purple Sage is considered to be the most popular western novel ever written. The action takes place in 1871 and follows the life of Jane Withersteen, a young Mormon woman who does not wish to marry the man her father has chosen.