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Shane by Jack Schaefer (Review)

By William Nauenburg

Jun 18, 2020
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Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2017
157 pp. $7.69 (Kindle)

Shane tells the story of how one man of unyielding virtue can defeat evil and inspire the best in others. The plot follows the Starretts, a family of homesteaders, who encounter and befriend an enigmatic man, Shane. They come to love him, and he later helps them resist the forceful t…

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