[PJ-Comix]

Westerns are one of the last books I would choose to read. It was well written and I completely forgot I was reading a western.

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.

[Tribune7]

I remember reading about a gunfighter who married a Mexican heiress and ended up owning half of what became L.A.

I can't recall the details.