Shane by Jack Schaefer
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
Jack Schaefer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and studied at Oberlin College and Columbia University. Shane, his first piece of fiction, began as a short story; it was made into a critically acclaimed movie in 1953. Mr. Schaefer went on to write many other stories and novels set in the West, earning a devoted following of readers that continues to grow. He died in 1991.