Author | Jack Schaefer |
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Language | English |
Genre | Western |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date | 1949 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 214 p. (hardback first edition) & 119 p. (paperback edition) |
ISBN | 978-0-553-27110-2 (paperback edition) |
OCLC | 53183237 |
Shane is a western novel by Jack Schaefer published in 1949. It was initially published in 1946 in three parts in Argosy magazine, and originally titled Rider from Nowhere.[1] The novel has been printed in seventy or more editions,[2] and translated into over 30 languages,[1] and was adapted into the 1953 film starring Alan Ladd.[3]
The novel covered themes associated with the Johnson County War and took the side of the settlers in their conflict against the wealthy ranchers.[4]
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