Jack Schaefer

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Schaefer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of an attorney. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1929 with a major in English. He attended graduate school at Columbia University from 1929-30, but left without completing his Master of Arts degree. He then went to work for the United Press. In his long career as a journalist, he would hold editorial positions at many eastern publications. Schaefer's first success as a novelist came in 1949 with his memorable novel Shane, set in Wyoming. Few realized that Schaefer himself had never been anywhere near the west. Nevertheless, he continued writing successful westerns, selling his home in Connecticut and moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1955. In 1975 Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement award. He died of heart failure in Santa Fe in 1991. Schaefer was married twice, his second wife moving to Santa Fe with him. Schaefer's novel Monte Walsh was made into a movie in 1970, with Lee Marvin in the title role, and again in 2003 as a TV movie starring Tom Selleck. Shane was also made into a movie and a series.

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The pioneers
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The pioneers
Representative edition published 2017
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Monte Walsh
Representative edition published 2003
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Old Ramon (Newbery Honor Roll)
Representative edition published 1999
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Shane
Representative edition published 1995
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Old Ramon
Representative edition published 1993
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Conversations With a Pocket Gopher, and Other Outspoken Neighbors
Representative edition published 1992
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First Blood, and Other Stories
Representative edition published 1988
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Company of Cowards
Representative edition published 1988
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The Collected Short Stories Of Jack Schaefer
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Shane
Representative edition published 1984
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The canyon
Representative edition published 1980
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An American bestiary
Representative edition published 1975
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Old Ramon
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Shane
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The canyon
Representative edition published 1968
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Shane
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Mavericks
Representative edition published 1967
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The Short Novels of Jack Schaefer
Representative edition published 1967
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Heroes without glory
Representative edition published 1965
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Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Representative edition published 1964
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Shane
Representative edition published 1963
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The plainsmen
Representative edition published 1963
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Shane
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