Shane
by Jack Schaefer
Taste attributes: westerndramaactionheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringunderdog triumphsinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA serious western, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
Shane is about a lone man of high principle,who gets caught up in a range war between the cattlmen and farmers.He sides with the farmers when the cattlemen hire a professional gunfighter named Wilson,a man against which the farmers have no chance.Shane alone must save the day.Frontier justice at its best.Circa late eighteen hundreds.
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- Author
- Jack Schaefer
- Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 159
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