Plainsman from Ohio: Jack Schaefer, Author of “Shane.”

By buckeyemuse | November 19, 2014

Jack Schaefer, author of the western classic Shane, was born on November 19, 1907 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended local schools and went on to Oberlin College, where he studied English, then attended graduate school at Columbia University in New York City. He left grad school for a career in journalism, doing mostly editorial work…

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