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Shane
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553271102
ISBN: 0553271105
Label: Laurel Leaf
Manufacturer: Laurel Leaf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: September 01, 1983
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: September 01, 1983
Studio: Laurel Leaf
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Editorial Review:
He rode into our valley in the summer of ’89, 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.“There’s something about him,” Mother said. “Something . . . dangerous . . .”“He’s dangerous all right,” Father said, “but not to us.”“He’s like one of these here slow burning fuses,” the mule skinner said.“Quiet . . . so quiet you forget it’s burning till it sets off a hell of a blow of trouble. And there’s trouble brewing.”Jack Schaefer is best known for this timeless classic.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - I took me 30 years to finish this book
I just recently finished 149 page book that you could say has taken me 30 years to finish and is considered by many to be the best Western novel of all time, Shane by Jack Schaefer.
Shane was actually the first book I'd ever read that had no illustrations. I can't remember why, but one time in 5th grade, a few us had to stay in upper-grade classroom, and with nothing better for us to do, the teacher had us grab a book off the shelf to read. So basically I read the first few chapters ... Read More
Rating: - Less of a Western more of a Coming-of-age story
Unlike most students, when I read this novella in 8th grade I actually liked it. We were required to read a book in a genre we ordinarily avoided. I chose the western genre, which to this day I dislike.
I believe the success and failure in popularity of Shane is due to breaking of genre lines. The description of this novella sounds like the archetypal Western. You have a lone gunman, a battle that can't be avoided and the inevitable showdown. Yet Shane refuses to fit the Western ... Read More
Rating: - If you have a soul you'll love it!
My high school English teacher, Father Dwyer, assigned us this book in the Fall of '80. I wasn't really up for it since I never particularly liked westerns, but I liked Father Dwyer so I decided to read it. Boy was I glad I did. It's a short novel that can be read in a single sitting, but once it's over you'll wish there were more. If you're a guy you'll easily be able to identify with each of the male characters(Joe, Shane and Bob). Don't miss this book.
Rating: - True American Literature
Every western since this book was published (1950's) has tried to capture is power. None have succeeded.
Rating: - A Timeless Tale of the Old West - and a book Young Americans Should Read
Shane is the classic tale of the Old West fading away through the eyes of Bobby, a young boy, whose family is trying to homestead range land in (presumably) Wyoming. Based loosely on the Johnson County Wars of the early 1890s, the tale centers on the heroic gunfighter Shane, a man who is trying to escape his past by settling down with the homesteaders, and working alongside Bobby's parents.
Unfortunately, the Ranch barons, seeing their ranges fenced in and their way of life coming to a ... Read More
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