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14042
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English
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Distinctions without Differences : Zane Grey and the Mormon Question
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Arizona Quarterly
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Spring 2001
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57
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1-33
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The villain in Zane Grey's book 'Riders of the Purple Sage' is a Mormon polygamist. The novel, published in 1912, enjoyed a huge success. Grey wrote his book 'at just the right moment, when nostalgia about the distinctiveness of Mormon polygamy began to replace paranoia about it.' The author explores the history of American paranoia about polygamy and how Grey's novel capitalized on those fears and memories