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Jack Schaefer


Born
in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States
November 19, 1907

Died
January 24, 1991

Genre
Westerns, Children's Books


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 Ass ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 17,428 ratings · 1,914 reviews · 72 distinct works • Similar authors
Shane
3.96 avg rating — 15,485 ratings — published 1949 — 186 editions
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Monte Walsh
4.35 avg rating — 867 ratings — published 1963 — 25 editions
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The Canyon
3.81 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1953 — 34 editions
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Old Ramon
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3.52 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1959 — 19 editions
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Company of Cowards
3.75 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1957 — 27 editions
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Stubby Pringle's Christmas
4.41 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1963 — 8 editions
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Mavericks
4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1967 — 16 editions
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First Blood and Other Stories
3.92 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1954 — 6 editions
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The Big Range
4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1953 — 14 editions
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Heroes without Glory: Some ...
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“Listen, Bob. A gun is just a tool. No better and no worse than any other tool, a shovel- or an axe or a saddle or a stove or anything. Think of it always that way. A gun is as good- and as bad- as the man who carries it. Remember that.”
― Jack Schaefer
tags: cowboy, joe-starret
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“What a man knows isn’t important. It’s what he is that counts”
― Jack Schaefer
tags: joe-starrett, shane
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“They did not look at each other. They did not say a word to each other... They knew that talk is meaningless when a common knowledge is already there. The silence bound them as no words ever could.”
― Jack Schaefer
tags: cowboys, joe-starret, shane
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