RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE

Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by scholars 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". Riders of the Purple Sage has been adapted to film five times. Riders of the Purple Sage (1918), starring William Farnum and Mary Mersch (silent) Riders of the Purple Sage (1925), starring Tom Mix and Mabel Ballin (silent) Riders of the Purple Sage (1931), starring George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill (sound) Riders of the Purple Sage (1941), starring George Montgomery and Mary Howard Riders of the Purple Sage (1996), starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan (television film)