Riders of the Purple Sage: A Classic Western Novel

Riders of the Purple Sage was originally written in 1912 by Zane Grey and widely known as his best and famous Western novel. Most of reviewers agree that this novel shaped the formula of the popular Western fiction. Reader Review; This is the only western I've ever read; I'm mostly into classical literature, science writing, and non-fiction, but I asked friends for a book rec in the field, and they said read this one and the two Thomas Berger novels about Little Big Man.