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Jack Schaefer

1907 - 1991

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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  • Cover of: Shane

    First published in 1920 26 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition shanecriticaledi0000scha Cover of edition shane00jack Cover of edition shane00scha_2
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  • Cover of: Company of Cowards

    First published in 1957 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition companyofcowards00scha
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  • Cover of: Monte Walsh.

    First published in 1963 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Collected Stories of Jack Schaefer: With Introductrion

    First published in 1985 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Heroes without glory: some goodmen of the old West

    First published in 1965 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1949 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Old Ramon.

    First published in 1960 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition oldramon00scha Cover of edition oldramon00scha_0
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  • Cover of: Adolphe Francis Alphonse Bandelier: by Jack Schaefer.

    First published in 1966 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1953 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Kean land: and other stories.

    First published in 1959 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1964 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The canyon

    First published in 1968 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition canyonscha00scha
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    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1975 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1958 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Fiction, Western stories, Fiction, westerns, Frontier and pioneer life, Animals, History, Juvenile fiction, Social life and customs, Cheyenne Indians, Children's fiction, Conduct of life, Cowboys, Imaginary conversations, Large type books, Shepherds, Vendetta, Animal behavior, Antiquities, Biography, California, fiction, Cowboys, fiction, Description and travel, Fiction, general, Folklore, Gunfighters
Places
West (U.S.), California, United States, Wyoming, America, Mojave Desert, New Mexico
People
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840-1914), Adolphe Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840-1914), Jack Schaefer (1907-)
Time
1800s, Civil War, 1861-1865

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