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Shane by Jack Schaefer Ebook Shane by Jack Schaefer ebook Download Shane book for free, filesize: 7449 kb, currently available for review only here Description: Many folks in their small Wyoming valley are suspicious of Shane, and make it known that he is not welcome. 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. Young Bob Starrett is entranced by this stoic stranger who brings a new energy to his family. But dangerous as Shane may seem, he is a staunch friend to the Starretts—and when a powerful neighboring rancher tries to drive them out of their homestead, Shane becomes entangled in the deadly feud.This classic Western, originally published in 1949, is a profoundly moving story of the influence of a singular character on one boy’s life. He was far off and unapproachable at times even when he was right there with you.The Starrett family’s life forever changes when a man named Shane rides out of the great glowing West and up to their farm in 1889. 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. Shane stays on as a farmhand, but his past remains a mystery. I had lain in my bed thinking of our visitor out in the bunk in the barn. Perhaps because with books you can let your imagination make the characters and setting your own.I always thought westerns made people out to be the good guy/bad guy, simple as that. After finishing the book I watched the movie yesterday, but I felt the book was much better. But as in life, the characters in the book show that its not so simple to judge, and a person can change. Why did I assume a western would be boring? This is year I have decided to read the assigned books myself so I know what shes reading, and we can talk about them and hopefully get her more engaged and have our own discussions.I did not have hope or excitement when I picked this up for the first time, which was wrong of me. I ordered this book because it is one of the books my daughter has to read for 6th grade Lit/Comp. That sometimes the good vs bad, right vs wrong judgements arent so simple either. From the beginning I got sucked into the mystery of Shane, and then the suspense of the story as tensions and threats grew in their town. The book shows a time in our history, being that it starts in 1889, and gives you a much more personal idea of what it was like back then. I dont think I had even read a western before. 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