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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2025 8:27 pm
Many Western stories begin with a mysterious stranger riding into town. Zane Grey’s 1912 novel Riders of the Purple Sage may not have introduced the trope, but the author's use of it in his most famous novel surely set the table for similar characters in later Western films.
Source: https://screenrant.com/western-movies-m ... fter-hero/