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19 produkter
Western: Four Classic Novels of the 1940s & 50s (LOA #331)
The Ox-Bow Incident / Shane / The Searchers / Warlock
Av Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Jack Schaefer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
527 kr
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Shane
Inbunden, 1968
280 kr
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Nobody knew who Shane was, or why he was travelling. He rode into a Wyoming homesteader's corral in the summer of 1889 and settled for a while with the Starrett family. Young Bob Starrett tells the classic story of that summer and fall, and the quiet stranger who kept his well-oiled Colt in his …
Shane
The Critical Edition
Av Jack Schaefer, James C. Work
Häftad, 1984
317 kr
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Shane was made into an award-winning film that—like the novel—became a standard by which later westerns were judged. Readers who have already felt the novel's power or are approaching it for the first time, will find this edition indispensable for coming to terms with its fascinating simplicity, …
Heroes Without Glory
Some Good Men of the Old West
Häftad, 2016
283 kr
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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 …
Shane
Häftad, 2017
274 kr
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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 …
Big Range
Häftad, 2017
251 kr
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Schaefer shares the individual stories of seven people—rancher, sheepherder, homesteader, town settler, soldier, miner, and cowboy—in this collection. He tells the tales as they can only be told: in the open spaces of the Old West. In these memorable narratives Schaefer depicts the unique conflicts …
Pioneers
Häftad, 2017
231 kr
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Readers searching for courage and adventure will find just that and more in the engaging prose of Jack Schaefer in this vintage collection of Western vignettes. Exploring varied tales of life in the West, Schaefer shares the stories of exceptional characters conflicted with humanity as they …
Monte Walsh
Häftad, 2017
348 kr
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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 …
Mavericks
Häftad, 2017
272 kr
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“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 …
Company of Cowards
Häftad, 2017
251 kr
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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 …
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Häftad, 2017
217 kr
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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. …
Shane
Häftad, 2016
145 kr
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'If you read only one western in your life, this is the one' Roland Smith, author of PeakHe rode into our valley in the summer of 1889, a slim man, dressed in black. 'Call me Shane,' he said. He never told us more. There was a deadly calm in the valley that summer, a slow, climbing tension that …
Shane
E-bok, 2016
62 kr
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''If you read only one western in your life, this is the one'' Roland Smith, author of Peak He rode into our valley in the summer of 1889, a slim man, dressed in black. ''Call me Shane,'' he said. He never told us more. There was a deadly calm in the valley that summer, a slow, climbing tension …
Shane
Ljudbok, 2017
219 kr
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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 …
Old Ramon
Häftad, 2016
243 kr
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Awarded a 1961 Newbery Honor, Old Ramon tells the timeless coming-of-age story of a young boy who spends a summer with an old shepherd in the Mojave Desert. He leaves his textbooks behind for real life lessons with Ramon as his mentor. He learns not only how to care for the sheep but how to …
First Blood and Other Stories
Häftad, 2017
231 kr
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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 …
Kean Land and Other Stories
Häftad, 2017
250 kr
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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 …
