Track | Chapter | Length |
01 | 01 - Lassiter | 20:45 |
02 | 02 - Cottonwoods | 22:01 |
03 | 03 - Amber Spring | 24:02 |
04 | 04 - Deception Pass | 26:49 |
05 | 05 - The Masked Rider | 25:01 |
06 | 06 - The Mill-wheel of Steers | 33:33 |
07 | 07 - The Daughter of Withersteen | 20:40 |
08 | 08 - Surprise Valley | 29:11 |
09 | 09 - Silver Spruce and Aspens | 30:46 |
10 | 10 - Love | 31:04 |
11 | 11 - Faith and Unfaith | 35:02 |
12 | 12 - The Invisible Hand | 32:27 |
13 | 13 - Solitude and Storm | 28:08 |
14 | 14 - West Wind | 20:22 |
15 | 15 - Shadows on the Sage-slope | 40:10 |
16 | 16 - Gold | 22:16 |
17 | 17 - Wrangle's Race Run | 35:06 |
18 | 18 - Oldring's Knell | 33:06 |
19 | 19 - Fay | 27:18 |
20 | 20 - Lassiter's Way | 25:10 |
21 | 21 - Black Star and Night | 36:14 |
22 | 22 - Riders of the Purple Sage | 15:18 |
23 | 23 - The Fall of Balancing Rock | 27:45 |
Production
Book Coordinator: Laurie Anne Walden
Meta Coordinator: Laurie Anne Walden
Proof Listener: Brian Edwards
Artwork
Cover: Design based on the first edition with image from the first edition of Riders of the Purple Sage
CD label: Image from the first edition of Riders of the Purple Sage
Inset: Lobby card of the 1918 film of Riders of the Purple Sage
Inset: Author Zane Grey, c. 1910, author unknown
DVD insert background: Frontispiece by Douglas Duer from Riders of the Purple Sage (1912, Zane Grey). Caption: "Don't look back!"
CD insert background: Image from the lobby card of the 1918 film of Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey has been called the most popular western novel of all time and is considered by many to have played a major hand in establishing the formula for the Western genre. Set in Southern Utah in 1871, it is a long novel with a complex plot and many threads. The central character is Jane Withersteen, a wealthy young Mormon woman who has inherited a valuable property from her father. When she refuses a marriage proposal from a church elder (who covets her ranch) she is openly persecuted by the community. She favors her friendship with Venters, a young Gentile rider. While Venters is off chasing a gang of rustlers that includes a mysterious Masked Rider, a notorious gunman named Lassiter arrives in search of the grave and the child of his long-lost sister. The persecution escalates and Jane and Lassiter are driven off her ranch. They flee and fall in love. Meanwhile, Venters unmasks the Masked Rider and finds his own soul mate; together they find refuge in Surprise Valley before setting off for Illinois. Jane and Lassiter encounter them en route and set off for Surprise Valley themselves. The vindictive Mormons are in hot pursuit but are foiled when Lassiter sets off an avalanche to close off Deception Pass, the only access to the valley. The book was immensely popular upon publication in 1912 and was followed by a sequel, The Rainbow Trail, in 1915. It has been adapted for film five times, most recently in 1996.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0701236969931 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0687700170129 |
Media | MP3 CD, MP3 download |
Package | DVD Case, CD jacket. CD security sleeve, Mp3 download |
Author | Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) |
Year | 1912 |
Recording | |
Read by | Laurie Anne Walden |
Length | 10 hours 42 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
Riders of the Purple Sage
- Author: Zane Grey
- Product Code: DB-1272
- Availability: In Stock
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