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Shane

Jack Schaefer

1983135 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1983
first published
  • 1984University of Nebraska Press · 432 pages · ENGISBN 9780803291423
  • 2001Houghton Mifflin · 135 pages · ENGISBN 9780395941164
  • 2005Center Point Pub. · 159 pages · ENGISBN 9781585475728
  • 1988Books on Tape, Inc.ISBN 9780736612982
  • 1992Houghton Mifflin · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780395070901
  • 1984University of Nebraska Press · 464 pages · ENGISBN 9780803241459
  • 1999Tandem Library · 151 pages · ENGISBN 9780881030471
  • 1983Laurel Leaf · 160 pages · ENGISBN 9780553271102

Shane is about a lone man of high principle,who gets caught up in a range war between the cattlmen and farmers.He sides with the farmers when the cattlemen hire a professional gunfighter named Wilson,a man against which the farmers have no chance.Shane alone must save the day.Frontier justice at its best.Circa late eighteen hundreds.

How it feels

AtmosphereGritty

How it reads

Character focusSingle lead
ComplexityLayered

Worth knowing

Written forMiddle grade

When and where

ThemesMorality
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