[Hac-announce] July 2017 Book Discussion: "Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey

Mon Jun 26 20:21:44 EDT 2017

Our book for July is Riders of the Purple Sage a classic western by Zane Grey. The discussion will take place Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 2 pm in the library of the Unitarian Society of New Haven at 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden.

>From Wikipedia:
[The novel] tells the story of Jane Withersteen and her battle to overcome persecution by members of her polygamous Mormon fundamentalist church. A leader of the church, Elder Tull, wants to marry her. Withersteen gets help from a number of friends, including Bern Venters and Lassiter, a famous gunman and killer of Mormons. Throughout most of the novel she struggles with her "blindness" to the evil nature of her church and its leaders, and tries to keep Venters and Lassiter from killing the adversaries who are slowly ruining her. When she adopts a child, Fay, she abandons her beliefs and discovers her true love… [In the end] Lassiter, Fay, and Jane, pursued by both Mormons and rustlers, escape into a paradise-like valley and topple a giant rock to forever close off the only way in or out.**

''Zane Grey epitomized the mythical West that should have been. . . The standout among them is Riders of the Purple Sage.'' – True West

Light snacks will be served.

Also, for those not on MeetUp, here is the link to the Lewis Lapham interview of Nancy Isenberg on White Trash. (Choose the SoundCloud option for a direct download choice (under "more").) http://laphamsquarterly.org/content/nancy-isenberg

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