Jack Schaefer | |
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Born | Jack Warner Schaefer November 19, 1907 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | January 24, 1991 Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. | (aged 83)
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Oberlin College Columbia University |
Genre | Western fiction |
Notable work | Shane (1949) |
Spouse |
Eugenia Ives
(m. 1931; div. 1948)Louise Deans |
Jack Warner Schaefer (November 19, 1907 – January 24, 1991)[1] was an American writer known for his Westerns. 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.