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Joe Starrett hires Shane as a hand on his farm, and Shane puts aside his handsome Western clothes and buys dungarees. He then helps the homesteaders to avoid intimidation by Fletcher and his men, who try to get them to abandon their farms.
- Jack Schaefer
- 1949
Mar 18, 2014 · The Starrett family's life forever changes when a man named Shane rides out of the great glowing West and up to their farm. Young Bob Starrett is entranced by this stoic stranger who brings a...
- Jack Schaefer
- Wendell Minor
- illustrated, reprint
- Shane
Shane is a remarkable story about a man that wants to deal with his own personal remorse and live a life like Joe does with Marion and their son, Joey. He has a connection with all three but in different ways. Shane helps Joe protect his farm against a man that wants to make the land free range.
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- Hardcover
The plot of Shane follows a familiar western narrative: the clash between cattlemen and homesteaders, inevitably leading to a dramatic showdown, has become a staple of American folklore.
May 26, 2020 · Jack Schaefer wrote one of the most iconic Western novels, Shane. He did so before ever visiting the American West. Here's the backstory of Shane the novel.
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Jun 5, 2018 · However, a close reexamination of the novel reveals a model of masculinity that is more positive and flexible towards language and gender than Tompkins’s views on the Western suggest.