Shane
Danny Says
If you really want to introduce your teens to the perfect Western, there is no finer example (in my humble opinion) than Shane. I used to use this book with my ESL students, as the language is simple, the writing is beautiful and the story has every element of a good Western (bad cattle rancher picking on the helpless farmers when a stranger with a white hat rides in from out of town and becomes the idol of a farm boy…yada, yada, yada). After you read the book, watch the terrific film with Alan Ladd. Ah, this is as good as it gets, as American as apple pie.