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- From: wismith@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (William R. Smith)
- Subject: Re: Good Westerns
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 21:53:56 GMT
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- Sandra Loosemore writes:
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- "Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey is probably *the* classic
- western novel. It's a rather serious book with strong philosophical
- overtones (and the sequel, "Rainbow Canyon", is even more so).
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- After hearing "Riders ..." recommended for years, I tried to read it
- a couple of months back. I gave up after about 15 page. In the first
- page or two Grey used the word "purple" eight or nine times while
- describing a sunset. I think it was a sunset, I was so distracted
- by all that purple I can't remember.
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- The book was published in the early 1900's and maybe the style got
- in my way.
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- William Sburgfort Smith
- Intel, SSD
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