That's why I chose Shane. Also it is a quick book to read and I figure it would be an easy way to ease folks into the Reading Club.
One thing I couldn't quite figure out was what Shane might be still be running from.
Unlike the movies, being a gunfighter wasn't very glamous. Most, like Wild Bill Hickock, ended up in a bad way. Wyatt Earp was perhaps an exception but he ended up marrying well so that saved him from the usual gunfighter's fate which his other brothers met.
I can't recall the details.