Shane - Softcover

Schaefer, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826358411 ISBN 13: 9780826358417

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2017

Synopsis

In this true Western classic Jack Schaefer tells the story of a mysterious stranger who finds himself in the Wyoming Territory joining local homesteaders in their fight to keep their land and avoid the intimidating tactics of cattle driver Luke Fletcher. While trying to leave his gunslinging days behind him, the mysterious stranger, Shane, is tested by Fletcher and his men. In Shane, Schaefer executes a perfect Western narrative while exploring the overarching themes of virtue, the human condition, and a man's search for self.

About this title

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6 1-hour cassettes

From the Inside Flap:

"Call Me Shane  "
He rode into our valley in the summer of '89, a slim man, dresses inblack.
"Call me Shane," he said. He never told us more.
There was a deadly calm in the valley that summer, a slow, climbing tension that seemed to focus on Shane.
"There's something about him," Mother said. "Something...dangerous..."
"He's dangerous all right," Father said, "...but not to us..."
"He's like one of these here slow burning fuses," the mule skinner said. Quiet...so quiet you forget it's burning till it sets off a hell of a blow of trouble. And there's trouble brewing."
"TAUT...GRIM...UNFORGETTABLE..."

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0826358411
• ISBN 13: 9780826358417
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168