Still less well known is the fact that, following the spectacular success of Shane , his first work of fiction, Schaefer created many more short stories and novels of high quality. Although that body of work ought to have ensured him a prominent place in the annals of American literature, most of it is now, sadly, out of print. To the best of our knowledge, this page is the only source of information on Schaefer on the Internet. Additional material and links will be added, time permitting, as new information becomes available.
Suggestions are welcome from general readers and students, as well as from literature specialists.
It is the first step toward reversing the unjust neglect of one of America's best fiction writers. A substantial collection of Schaefer's papers is housed in the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming, in Laramie. In addition to manuscripts of published and unpublished fiction, it includes numerous newspaper editorials, articles, and book reviews. Also included are foreign editions of his fiction, especially Shane , in Arabic, French, Burmese, Swedish, Czech, and Japanese, among other languages. To date, it appears that none of the western specialists who have written about Schaefer have cited this archive.