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The Jack Schaefer Page
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Although many readers throughout the world know and love the novel Shane (), or the award-winning film based on it, few recognize the name of its author, Jack Schaefer ().
Still less well known is the fact that, following the spectacular success of Shane, his first work of fiction, Schaefer created many more short stories and novels of high quality. Although that body of work ought to have ensured him a prominent place in the annals of American literature, most of it is now, sadly, out of print. And, except for articles in studies and reference works on "western literature"--some of which relegate him to the lowly status of a writer of "Westerns"--Schaefer has been ignored by scholars and critics.
To the best of our knowledge, this page is the only source of information on Schaefer on the Internet. Additional material and links will be added, time permitting, as new information becomes available. Suggestions and que
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American Book Company
The Audubon Wildlife Treasury
The Canyon
The Canyon (Kanion), Polish edition
The Collected Short Stories, book on audio-cassette tape
The Collected Stories of Jack Schaefer
Company of Cowards, Corgi publication
Company of Cowards, Bantam publication
Conversations with a Pocket Gopher
Cowboy and Indian Trader, by Joseph Schmedding, intro. bygd Jack Schaefer
English for Modern Life, Level Four
English—Pathways to the World
First Blood
First Blood (Pierwsza Krew), Polish edition
Focus
General Pringley (Generalul Pingley), Spanish edition
Great Westerns from the Saturday Evening Post
Journal of Popular Culture—The Popular Western
Mavericks, Corgi publication
Mavericks,
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Jack Schaefer () was born in Lakewood, Ohio to a household of avid readers. His childhood love of reading was put to good use when he studied English, classics, and creative writing at Oberlin College, where he received his bachelor's degree in
After that, Schaefer began graduate studies at Columbia University intending to become a professor. When the faculty at Columbia disapproved of Schaefer's master's thesis proposal on the development of motion pictures, Schaefer left academia. He moved to Connecticut, where he was the assistant director of the Connecticut State Reformatory, and where he began a career in journalism, writing for the United Press and editing for the New Haven Journal Courier, and other newspapers.
Schaefer also contributed many book reviews, specializing in those to do with American history. He began writing fiction in the s as an evening pass-time. In , his first novel, Shane, was published, and it remains his most famous work. The book was instantly popul