Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage
Grosset & Dunlap first edition cover
AuthorZane Grey
IllustratorDouglas Duer
Cover artistWendell Galloway
LanguageEnglish
GenreWestern
PublisherHarper & Brothers, Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date
1912
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePaper, 8vo
Pages356
Preceded byThe Heritage of the West 
Followed byThe Rainbow Trail 

Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by scholars[1] 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".[2]

  1. ^ Handley, William R. Introduction. Zane Grey. Riders of the Purple Sage. New York: Modern Library, 2002; p. xi. ISBN 978-08129-66121.
  2. ^ Grey, Zane (2004). Fred Stenson (ed.). Riders of the Purple Sage. New York: Barnes & Noble. p. ix. ISBN 978-0760757550.