Stan Paregien, Editor
Jack Schaefer
(Deceased)
Jack Schaefer was born in Cleveland, Ohio on Nov. 19, 1907. He received his A.B. in 1929 from Overlin College and did graduate study at Columbia University. His professional career began as a reporter for the United Press International (1930-31).
From 1931 to 1938 he was in prison (so to speak), as the assistant director of education at the Connecticut State Reformatory. He moved on to become associate editor and then editor of the New Haven Journal-Courier newspaper (1932-42), editorial writer for the Baltimore Sun (1942-44), and associate editor of the Norfold Virginian-Pilot (1944 to 1948). He became a full-time writer in 1948.
At last count, six of his stories have been filmed, including Shane (Alan Ladd, Paramount, 1953) and Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin and Jack Palance, Cinema Centre Films, 1970).Schaefer was awarded the WWA's highest honor, the Saddleman Award, at the annual convention in 1986 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Jack Schaefer is the author of Shane (1949; over 16 editions in dozens of languages), First Blood (1953), The Big Range (1953; short stories), The Canyon (1953, 1980), The Pioneers (1954; short stories), Company of Cowards (1957), The Kean Land (1959; short stories), Old Ramon (1960, 1973), The Plainsmen (1963), Monte Walsh (1963, 1981), The Great Endurance Horse Race (1963), Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1964), Heroes without Glory: Some Goodmen of the Old West (1965), The Collected Stories of Jack Schaefer (1966, 1985), Adolphe Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1966), New Mexico (1967), The Short Novels (1967), Mavericks (1967), Hal West: Western Gallery (1971), An American Bestiary (1975), Conversations with a Pocket Gopher and Other Outspoken Neighbors (1978), The Canyon.
I interviewed Jack Schaefer by telephone back in about 1986. I called from my home in Oklahoma to his in Santa Fe. I don't remember much about that interview, without re-listening to the tape or re-reading the newspaper article I wrote. I just remember that he was a bit on the grumpy and impatient side. Still, it made my day to get the interview.--Stan Paregien
John Schaffner
John Schaffner, cowboy poet and camp cook, was born and raised in Ferriday, Louisiana. He learned the art of cowboyin’ from a genuine old time cowboy who was born in the 1800’s. John and his wife now reside in a log cabin near Wray, Colorado were they enjoy passing down their heritage to seven and soon to be eight grandchildren.
For many years John Schaffner has been sharing the cowboy culture with others around the country through his original cowboy poetry as well as the old classic poems that were actually written as the west was being settled. He has his own Chuckwagon, from which he serves up some of the best cowboy grub in all the west. He often can be seen performing at WestFests and various Cowboy Gatherings across North America. John is also an auctioneer and a real estate associate broker.
John Schaffner's public performances are enjoyed by audiences of all ages. A man of deep spiritual conviction and dedication to mankind, John often serves as a "Circuit Preacher" at Cowboy Church Services. John has a series of cassettes that feature his Cowboy Poetry. They are available from John at 26060 Co. Rd. Z, Vernon Colorado 80755. Phone: 970-332-5196 .
Don Schelle
(Deceased)
Don Schelle, 50, died of lung cancer on Feb. 15, 1983. He was a columnist for the Tucson Citizen for 22 years, writing four columns a week. He was also the author of children's books and of books on Western history, such as Vast Domain of Blood, a book about the Camp Grant massacre.
Martin Schmitt
(Deceased)
Martin Schmitt joined the University of Oregon as a library science professor and library curator in 1947. He wrote and edited several books and numerous articles for scholarly and popular publications. He collaborated with WWA member Dee Brown on three books.
Martin Schmitt, 61, died in Eugene, Oregon on Nov. 22, 1978.
Konrad F. Schreier, Jr.
Konrad F. Schreier, Jr. writes articles for True West and Frontier Times. He is the author of Remington Rolling Block Firearms (Pioneer Press).
Michael Schroll
Michael Schroll is a fourth generation Westerner. He is a graduate of the University of Wyoming, where he majored in Communications and the Performing Arts. He is a business man and part-time cowboy who sometimes works as a wrangler for the many tourists who visit the Terry Bison Ranch in southest Wyoming.
"Coyote," as he likes to be known, is fascinated by coyotes. "Nothing is more fun than to saddle up early in the morning in search of that elusive, cunning, and, sometimes, despised creater. Tucker (his horse) and I have spent many hours spotting, watching and following them for miles."
Michael Schroll is dedicated to his Western heritage. Among other things, he is a watercolor artist. He paints mostly Western themes and trout flies. And he is a cowboy poet with a book and CD package, Where The Mustangs Show, to his credit.
You can order the book, schedule ol' Coyote to perform his cowboy poetry, or just say howdy by writing to him at: P.O. Box 3164, Cheyenne, WY 82003-3164.
Be sure to visit his web site: www.cowboypoems.com.Or e-mail him at: miksco@prodigy.net
This listing is far from complete and may contain errors.
Therefore, all Western entertainers and/or their agents
are requested to submit recommended changes by
contacting Stan Paregien through his e-mail address.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he made us, and we are his;
we are his people,
the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and
praise his name.
--- Bible: Psalm 100:3-4
© 2003 by Stan Paregien, Sr.
