Shane is a 1949 novel by Jack Shaefer about the Starrett family, homesteaders in Wyoming in the late 1800s. The story is narrated by the homesteader's son Bob, who recounts how the Fletchers began to encroach on their territory, intimidating them and trying to buy up their land. However, a brave and mysterious gunman named Shane saves the Staretts, fighting off the Fletchers and allowing the Starrett's to keep their land.
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