“Every family needs that one unstable person who has no fear and is willing to go to war with whoever messes with their tribe.” “What a man knows isn't important. It’s what he is that counts.” —Jack Schaefer, Shane Jack Schaefer’s novel Shane was adapted for the screen by fellow Western novelist A.B. Guthrie Jr., and the 1953 picture is considered one of the greatest films of all time. Courtesy Paramount Pictu


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