Order of Jack Schaefer Books

Order of Jack Schaefer Books


Jack Schaefer (1907-1991) is an American novelist of Western fiction. He is best known for his debut novel Shane, which was adapted into a classic film. Despite the fact that he wrote Western novels, he had never been to the West for much of his life.

Jack Schaefer became a published author in 1949 with Shane. His final novel was Mavericks, published in 1967. Below is a list of Jack Schaefer’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Shane

(1949)

The Canyon

(1953)

The Pioneers

(1954)

First Blood

(1954)

Company of Cowards

(1957)

Out West

(1959)

Old Ramon

(1960)

Monte Walsh

(1963)

Adolphe Francis Alphonse Bandelier.

(1966)

Mavericks

(1974)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Stubby Pringle’s Christmas

(1964)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Big Range

(1953)

First Blood and Other Stories

(1954)

The Kean Land

(1960)

Tales from the West

(1961)

The Plainsmen

(1963)

The Collected Stories of Jack Schaefer

(1966)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Great Endurance Horse Race

(1963)

Heroes Without Glory

(1965)

Jack Schaefer And The American West

(1978)

Conversations with a Pocket Gopher

(1978)