Zane Grey

Rainbow Trail Zane Grey

The Rainbow Trail is the sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage by Western writer Zane Grey.
The novel takes place 10 years after the events of Riders of the Purple Sage. The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between the Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.
Both novels are notable for their protagonists' mild opposition to Mormon polygamy, but in Rainbow Trail this theme is treated more explicitly. The plots of both books revolve around the victimization of women in the Mormon culture: events in "Riders of the Purple Sage" are centered on the struggle of a Mormon woman who sacrifices her wealth and social status to avoid becoming a junior wife of the head of the local church, while "Rainbow Trail" contrasts the fanatical older Mormons with the rising generation of Mormon women who will not tolerate polygamy and Mormon men who will not seek it.

Contents
A Brief Biography of Zane Grey
Red Lake
The Sagi
Kayenta
New Friends
On The Trail
In The Hidden Valley
Sego Lilies
The Hogan Of Nas Ta Bega
In The Desert Crucible
Stonebridge
After The Trial
The Revelation
The Story Of Surprise Valley
Wild Justice
Surprise Valley
The Trail To Nonnezoshe
At The Foot Of The Rainbow
The Grand Canyon Of The Colorado
Willow Springs
Epilogue