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The Virginian
Owen Wister
1902
Shane
Jack Schaefer · 1949
160 pages
Books like “Shane”A quiet stranger rides into a Wyoming valley and hires on with homesteaders Joe and Marian Starrett. The boy Bob idolises him, but Shane's skill with a gun pulls him back toward a past he wants to leave when a cattle baron moves against the settlers.
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Wild West, Reluctant Hero, Found Family, Coming of Age, Wise Mentor
