The Kean Land and Other Stories

Fiction & Literature, Westerns, Short Stories
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Author: Jack Schaefer ISBN: 9780826358622
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Publication: August 15, 2017
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press Language: English
Author: Jack Schaefer
ISBN: 9780826358622
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication: August 15, 2017
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Language: English

The classic Western short stories in this Jack Schaefer collection explore the changing and often challenging truths found throughout the American West. The featured novella, “The Kean Land,” tells the story of young Ben Hammon as he arrives in western Colorado after the death of his parents to live with his small-town lawman uncle. The drama unfolds as Ben learns the ways of the land and the people who live there—including the Kean family. As “progress” pursues there is a dramatic price the Keans and others must pay to keep their land in this once hostile territory. How much blood must those who love the land pay in order to stay?

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The classic Western short stories in this Jack Schaefer collection explore the changing and often challenging truths found throughout the American West. The featured novella, “The Kean Land,” tells the story of young Ben Hammon as he arrives in western Colorado after the death of his parents to live with his small-town lawman uncle. The drama unfolds as Ben learns the ways of the land and the people who live there—including the Kean family. As “progress” pursues there is a dramatic price the Keans and others must pay to keep their land in this once hostile territory. How much blood must those who love the land pay in order to stay?

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