description: Once in a great while there appears a story about the West which is so simply and skillfully told that it is read and loved by many who never read "Westerns." "The Virginian" was one such book, and "Shane" is another. It is the story of a soft-spoken stranger, who one day rides into the lives of a simple pioneer family, for a time controls their destinies, and then is gone as suddenly as he came. Shane was a special brand you got out in the grass country; a bad one was poison, a good one was straight grain clear through. A magnificent horseman and a hard worker, he was a man Joe Starett could respect. Gentle and understanding, he was a man Joe's wife, Marian, couldn't help but love.
language: English
title: Shane
titlecomplete: Shane
genres: Fiction, Classics, Young Adult, Historical, Adventure, American, Historical Fiction, Literature, Westerns, Novels
ratings_count: 12712
places: Wyoming
publisher: Houghton Mifflin