Grey’s Riders of the Purple Sage Launches the Western Genre
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Frontier, Pioneers
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1912
Article abstract: Zane Grey combined the excitement of the frontier and a stirring human-interest story to capture an ongoing fascination with life in the nineteenth century American West.
Summary of Event
The exploration, taming, and settlement of the West is one of the most exciting phases of American history. The saga began with the United States’ purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France for fifteen million dollars in 1803. The purchase doubled the size of the United States; however, the northern and western boundaries of the territory...
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