Nessuno sa chi è Shane, il misterioso cavaliere disceso dalle colline del Wyoming. Nessuno sa dove stia andando. Gli abitanti della valle sanno solo che è arrivato nel 1889, si è sistemato dagli Starrett, sa usare abilmente la sua Colt e di sicuro non è il benvenuto. La vita degli Starrett cambia per sempre quando Shane arriva nella loro fattoria. Il giovane Bob Starrett è del tutto affascinato da questo sconosciuto, che porta una nuova energia e un'ondata di vitalità nella sua famiglia. S...

In this true Western classic, Jack Schaefer tells the story of a mysterious stranger who finds himself in the Wyoming Territory, joining local homesteaders in their fight to keep their land and avoid the intimidating tactics of cattle driver Luke Fletcher. While trying to leave his gunslinging days behind him, the mysterious stranger, Shane, is tested by Fletcher and his men. In Shane, Schaefer executes a perfect Western narrative while exploring the overarching themes of virtue, ...

Un cavalier solitaire s’arrête l’espace d’une saison dans une ferme du Wyoming dont il va bouleverser le quotidien. Refusant de porter une arme alors qu’il sait parfaitement s’en servir, peu bavard, évitant l’affrontement physique bien que personne ne l’effraie, cet homme semble tout à la fois une légende et un mystère. Il est l’homme des vallées perdues, celui auquel une seule balle suffira pour rétablir sa vérité avant de disparaître. L’une des plus belles figures inve...

I had lain in my bed thinking of our visitor out in the bunk in the barn. It scarce seemed possible that he was the same man I had first seen, stern and chilling in his dark solitude, riding up our road. Something in Father, something not of words or of actions but of the essential substance of the human spirit, had reached out and spoken to him and he had replied to it and had unlocked a part of himself to us. He was far off and unapproachable at times even when he was right there wit...

The spirit of Christmas is contagious and overwhelming in this charming and unpredictable holiday tale. Orphaned at thirteen, the poorly paid, patched-clothed cowhand Stubby Pringle is now nearing twenty as he looks forward to whooping it up at the schoolhouse in the valley for the Christmas dance. His box of chocolates is tucked into his saddlebag for the gal who “appeals to him most and seems most susceptible.” But this Christmas Eve Stubby finds that the magic of the season may have som...

This classic novel of courage and redemption introduces Jared Heath. Heath, a captain in the Union army, is stripped of rank and court-martialed for cowardice after refusing to march his men into a suicide mission. Yet he has a chance to regain his honor when he is charged with leading Company Q, a unit of misfit officers also disgraced and charged with cowardice. If Heath can make them an effective fighting force, there is a possibility that all of them will be redeemed and pardoned. Will...

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing ...

Un cavalier solitaire s'arrête l'espace d'une saison dans une ferme du Wyoming dont il va bousculer l'ordinaire. Refusant de porter une arme alors qu'il sait parfaitement s'en servir. évitant l'affrontement physique bien que personne ne l'effraie, cet homme semble tout à la fois une légende et un mystère. Shane est l'homme des vallées perdues, celui auquel une seule balle suffira pour rétablir sa vérité. Il est raconté par les yeux d'un enfant, l'une des plus belles figu...

This collection of essays features twelve “heroes” from the American West. Schaefer profiles pioneers of the West—the doctors, explorers, and cowboys who settled the challenging landscape and built communities in the Old West. These unsung champions highlight the unglorified work of the West that was achieved without violence and gunslinging. Schaefer shares the lives of Grizzly Adams, George A. Ruston, John “Snowshoe” Thompson, John Phillips, Washakie, John S. Chisum, Thomas J. Smith, Val...

“Old Jake Hanlon sits on the edge of the mesa and looks out over miles of southwestern plain,” starts Jack Schaefer’s all-ages novel Mavericks. Old Jake Hanlon is “ancient and craglike, weathered and withered . . . something like a worn rocky butte himself.” Living in his memories, Hanlon prefers to reflect on his youth, when he lived every cowboy’s dream, rather than think about the old man he has become, now labeled “a decrepit old nuisance” by the folks in town. Ultimately, it ...

In these classic stories acclaimed author Jack Schaefer yet again captures the spirit and adventure of the Old West. First Blood, Schaefer’s follow-up to Shane, tells the tale of Jess Harker, a young stagecoach driver finding his way in this coming-of-age story. Jess admires Race Crimm, the Company’s top messenger, for his stature and wild abandon and would have “shucked ten years of [his] life to be driving beside him.” Jess, eager to ride the big trails, has the chance ...

The classic Western short stories in this Jack Schaefer collection explore the changing and often challenging truths found throughout the American West. The featured novella, “The Kean Land,” tells the story of young Ben Hammon as he arrives in western Colorado after the death of his parents to live with his small-town lawman uncle. The drama unfolds as Ben learns the ways of the land and the people who live there—including the Kean family. As “progress” pursues there is a dramatic price t...