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Jack Schaefer
American writer (1907–1991)
For the filmmaker, see Jac Schaeffer.
Jack Warner Schaefer (November 19, 1907 – January 24, 1991)[1] was an American writer known for his Westerns.
History of jack schaefer
His best-known works are the 1949 novel Shane, considered the greatest western novel by the Western Writers of America,[2] and the 1964 children's book Stubby Pringle's Christmas.
Early life
Jack Warren Schaefer was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Carl and Minnie Schaefer.
Carl was a German American attorney. Both his parents were avid readers, and his father was good friends with poet/author Carl Sandburg. Schaefer read voraciously as a child; early favorites were Edgar Rice Burroughs and Alexandre Dumas, before moving onto Charles Dickens and Zane Grey, among others.
He was to describe himself as a “literary nut.”[3]
Education
In 1929 Schaefer graduated from Oberlin College with a major in English.[4] From 1929 to 1930 he attended gra