Many of these entertainment productions made claims with little to no factual basis in the actual environment of the western United States, leading to a popular yet misunderstood view of the west among the American people. Many aspects of the novel, including the migration of the Mormons to Utah as well as their way of life and the construction of the town, are historically accurate and represent significant research and knowledge on the part of the author.ĭuring the time period of the creation of this novel, romanticized movies and books situated in the Western genre. Although this entire book was a fantasy construction of the authors, there has been an ongoing debate in the validity of placing this story under the subdivision of historical fiction. This wealth was also a major focus point of the tension and fighting that took place throughout the book. After building a small, rickety town that relied on the hard work of a few rough-and-tumble men, the town soon grew and flourished, encompassing families and nearby people that moved there, and obtaining considerable wealth through farming, gold panning, and raising cattle herds. These Mormons settled in the arid wasteland of southwestern Utah, near a deep spring and rapid streams, essential for their survival.
The belief in polygamy led to the central conflict in the story. This occurred after a large migration of Mormon settlers from the middle of Ohio, settlers who were persecuted in other parts of the country due to their belief in polygamy, took place for about ten years between 18. The plot of the book takes place in 1871 and occurs during the early spring and summer of that year. The novel is situated in an extremely specific time and place. Not only were Grey’s works popular in print, they were reborn in films and television shows as they were produced widely during the twentieth century. In all of his works, he heavily idealized the American frontier, yet it made for good reading in the Western genre. Zane Grey was actually an American dentist as well as an author, and his adventure novels and Western novels are his most popular works. Riders of the Purple Sage is a novel written by Zane Grey and first published in 1912 by Harper & Brothers. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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