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Shane (Hardcover)
Jack Schaefer
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R489
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One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is Jack
Shaefer's famous cowboy story which was made into an outstanding
film. The tale is told by the boy into whose family corral a
mysterious stranger rode in the summer of 1889.
The spirit of Christmas is contagious and overwhelming in this
charming and unpredictable holiday tale. Orphaned at thirteen, the
poorly paid, patched-clothed cowhand Stubby Pringle is now nearing
twenty as he looks forward to whooping it up at the schoolhouse in
the valley for the Christmas dance. His box of chocolates is tucked
into his saddlebag for the gal who "appeals to him most and seems
most susceptible." But this Christmas Eve Stubby finds that the
magic of the season may have something different in store for him.
In true Schaefer fashion, Stubby Pringle delights readers and fills
our hearts with the magic and spirit of Christmas.
Schaefer shares the individual stories of seven people-rancher,
sheepherder, homesteader, town settler, soldier, miner, and
cowboy-in this collection. He tells the tales as they can only be
told: in the open spaces of the Old West. In these memorable
narratives Schaefer depicts the unique conflicts of settler life
and captures the spirit of the resolute, willful, determined, and
broken characters found on the Western frontier.
In these classic stories acclaimed author Jack Schaefer yet again
captures the spirit and adventure of the Old West. First Blood,
Schaefer's follow-up to Shane, tells the tale of Jess Harker, a
young stagecoach driver finding his way in this coming-of-age
story. Jess admires Race Crimm, the Company's top messenger, for
his stature and wild abandon and would have "shucked ten years of
[his] life to be driving beside him." Jess, eager to ride the big
trails, has the chance to prove himself by driving an important
shipment when trouble arises. Facing hard choices of honor and
justice, he must pick a side because his life might just depend on
it. "Jacob," "Salt of the Earth," and "One Man's Honor" complete
this engaging collection of stories by award-winning American
treasure Jack Schaefer.
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Mavericks (Paperback)
Jack Schaefer; Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund
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R513
R420
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"Old Jake Hanlon sits on the edge of the mesa and looks out over
miles of southwestern plain," starts Jack Schaefer's all-ages novel
Mavericks. Old Jake Hanlon is "ancient and craglike, weathered and
withered . . . something like a worn rocky butte himself." Living
in his memories, Hanlon prefers to reflect on his youth, when he
lived every cowboy's dream, rather than think about the old man he
has become, now labeled "a decrepit old nuisance" by the folks in
town. Ultimately, it is Old Jake's recollection of the tales of his
past-stories of endurance, strength, compassion, and cunning-that
helps prepare him for death.
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Old Ramon (Paperback)
Jack Schaefer; Illustrated by Harold E. West
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R503
R408
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Awarded a 1961 Newbery Honor, Old Ramon tells the timeless
coming-of-age story of a young boy who spends a summer with an old
shepherd in the Mojave Desert. He leaves his textbooks behind for
real life lessons with Ramon as his mentor. He learns not only how
to care for the sheep but how to overcome fear, how to face death
and responsibility, and the difference between being alone and
being lonely. Written in Schaefer's charming and engaging style,
the novel details a boy's discovery of both the value of friendship
and the hardship of life.
Rediscover the golden age of the Western with this collection of
four unforgettable novels of honor, adventure, and violence set
against the magnificent landscapes of the American frontier The
heroic exploits and violent struggles of the Old West come alive
once more through this one-of-a-kind collection of four thrilling
novels. Edited by Ron Hansen, this deluxe hardcover edition shows
that the 1940s and 1950s was a golden age for the Western novel. In
the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Ox-Bow Incident, Walter van Tilburg
Clark explores the thin line between civilization and barbarism
through the story of a lynch mob that targets three innocent men,
exposing a dark authoritarian impulse at work the American
frontier. Set in Wyoming in 1889, a time when ranchers and cattle
companies waged war with each other, Jack Schaefer's iconic Shane
deploys many of the genre's most essential elements, brilliantly
filtered through a boy's perceptions. Alan Le May's The Searchers,
the basis for John Ford's cinematic masterpiece starring John
Wayne, follows the dogged quest of two men to rescue a young girl
taken prisoner by Comanche warriors. And Oakley Hall's Warlock, a
novel that anticipates the later books of Cormac McCarthy and Larry
McMurtry, casts the battle for control of a southwestern outpost as
a bloody saga pitting a marauding gang of cowboys and rustlers
against the town's defenders, led by the legendary gunslinger Clay
Blaisedell. All four novels were memorably adapted for the screen,
and their gripping stories--told with brisk narrative energy,
psychological depth, and laconic humor--have contributed
unforgettably to the Western's enduring legacy in American culture.
This classic novel of courage and redemption introduces Jared
Heath. Heath, a captain in the Union army, is stripped of rank and
court-martialed for cowardice after refusing to march his men into
a suicide mission. Yet he has a chance to regain his honor when he
is charged with leading Company Q, a unit of misfit officers also
disgraced and charged with cowardice. If Heath can make them an
effective fighting force, there is a possibility that all of them
will be redeemed and pardoned. Will this unit of outcasts prevail
and succeed when given the opportunity to show their courage, or
will they find defeat deep in Comanche country?
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Shane (Paperback)
Jack Schaefer
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R277
R247
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'If you read only one western in your life, this is the one' Roland
Smith, author of Peak He rode into our valley in the summer of
1889, a slim man, dressed in black. '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.
Seen through the eyes of a young boy, Bob Starrett, SHANE is the
classic story of a lone stranger. At first sight, the boy realises
there is something unusual about the approaching man, but as Bob
gets to know Shane, he realises that there is an inner sadness in
him. SHANE is the story of a gunfighter who tries to hang up his
gun but is drawn to the side of the boy's family and other
homesteaders in their struggle to keep from being forced off their
land.
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Shane (Paperback)
Jack Schaefer; Illustrated by Wendell Minor; Introduction by Roland Smith
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R222
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"I had lain in my bed thinking of our visitor out in the bunk in
the barn. It scarce seemed possible that he was the same man I had
first seen, stern and chilling in his dark solitude, riding up our
road. Something in father, something not of words or of actions but
of the essential substance of the human spirit, had reached out and
spoken to him and he had replied to it and had unlocked a part of
himself to us. He was far off and unapproachable at times even when
he was right there with you." The Starrett family's life forever
changes when a man named Shane rides out of the great glowing West
and up to their farm in 1889. Young Bob Starrett is entranced by
this stoic stranger who brings a new energy to his family. Shane
stays on as a farmhand, but his past remains a mystery. Many folks
in their small Wyoming valley are suspicious of Shane, and make it
known that he is not welcome. But dangerous as Shane may seem, he
is a staunch friend to the Starretts--and when a powerful
neighboring rancher tries to drive them out of their homestead,
Shane becomes entangled in the deadly feud. This classic Western,
originally published in 1949, is a profoundly moving story of the
influence of a singular character on one boy's life.
"Shane" was made into an award-winning film that--like the
novel--became a standard by which later westerns were judged.
Readers who have already felt the novel's power or are approaching
it for the first time, will find this edition indispensable for
coming to terms with its fascinating simplicity, its richness, and
its puzzles.
This edition reprints the original text of the novel (in 1954 it
was edited to remove words that might offend). In addition, the
best critical essays about Schaefer and about Shane are included to
provide historical and comparative background. An interview with
Jack Schaefer and an afterword written by him complete this
volume.
The classic Western short stories in this Jack Schaefer collection
explore the changing and often challenging truths found throughout
the American West. The featured novella, "The Kean Land," tells the
story of young Ben Hammon as he arrives in western Colorado after
the death of his parents to live with his small-town lawman uncle.
The drama unfolds as Ben learns the ways of the land and the people
who live there-including the Kean family. As "progress" pursues
there is a dramatic price the Keans and others must pay to keep
their land in this once hostile territory. How much blood must
those who love the land pay in order to stay?
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The Canyon (Paperback)
Jack Schaefer
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R674
R533
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Based on a Cheyenne legend, this novel holds universal appeal as it
explores the theme of a man's conflict with his culture. It is the
story of how Little Bear, a Cheyenne warrior who opposes war,
reconciles the conflict between his personal values and the demands
of his tribe. The dilemma faced by Little Bear gives rise to a
story that is at once a compelling adventure tale, an authentic
description of Indian life and ritual, and a parable of
self-realization. First published in 1953, Schaefer considered The
Canyon one of his personal favorites. This new release will be
welcomed by Schaefer's enduring admirers and by new Western
literature enthusiasts. It is a classic not to be missed.
This collection of essays features twelve ""heroes"" from the
American West. Schaefer profiles pioneers of the West - the
doctors, explorers, and cowboys who settled the challenging
landscape and built communities in the Old West. These unsung
champions highlight the unglorified work of the West that was
achieved without violence and gunslinging. Schaefer shares the
lives of Grizzly Adams, George A. Ruston, John ""Snowshoe""
Thompson, John Phillips, Washakie, John S. Chisum, Thomas J. Smith,
Valentine T. McGillycuddy, Charles Fox Gardiner, and Elfego Baca.
Western enthusiasts and history buffs will welcome the refreshing
biographies of the men found in this volume.
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Monte Walsh (Paperback)
Jack Schaefer; Foreword by Marc Simmons
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R831
R723
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Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight
readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel
explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they
carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the
West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must
part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to
become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can
only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the
very end.
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Shane (Paperback)
Jack Schaefer; Introduction by Robert Nott
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R536
Discovery Miles 5 360
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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.
From Jack Schaefer, the author of Shane, comes Company of Cowards.
This is the story of eight civil war soldiers, court-martialed and
convicted of cowardice. The military gives the men a second chance
and they form a ragtag group, Company Q. Shunned by their
colleagues, Company Q is ordered to the western frontier and, in an
exciting conclusion, given a chance to reclaim their self-respect
by capturing a strategic hill from a group Indian warriors. An
action-packed tale of adventure and redemption from one of the
masters of the classic western novel.
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