Albright, Charles, Jr. "Shane." In Magill's Survey of Cinema, English Language Films, First Series, edited by Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1980. A sound, intelligent review of the film version of Shane.

Beacham, Walton, and Suzanne Niemeyer, eds. Beacham's Popular Fiction in America. Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 1986. Entry on Schaefer examines his chief works, especially Shane, Monte Walsh, and Old Ramon.

Haslam, Gerald. Jack Schaefer. Western Writers Series, no. 20. Boise, ID: Boise State University, 1975. A brief, sympathetic discussion of Schaefer's works and themes.

Scott, Winfield Townley. Introduction to Collected Stories of Jack Schaefer. New York: Arbor House, 1966. A concise look at Schaefer, his debts to earlier writers, and his place in the literature of the American West.