Karl May stories have a big group of fans in many countries
The novelist Karl May belongs to the most widely read German authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was given birth to on February 25, 1842 and perished on 03/30/1912. Above 200 million copies of Karl May’s volumes have been vended . The most renowned heroes of Karl F. May’s novels are Old Shatterhand and Winnetou. Winnetou is the canny prince of the Apache Indians, and Old Shatterhand is his white companion.
From 1912 to 1968 there were shot twenty-three movies following Karl Friedrich May’s stories. The American performer Lex Barker became very famous for acting as the character of Old Shatterhand. Another main Karl May figure is Old Shurehand. The British performer Stewart Granger acted as the character of Old Shurehand in three movies. Those films became quite successful, although partially only imprecisely reflecting the original Karl May stories.
The Karl Friedrich May novels have been translated into over 40 languages and have been released in a lot of countries. They are popular even in countries like Mexico and Hungary. Over 81 volumes are included in the German Karl May collection, all of which may be bought at that online book shop: Karl May Buechershop. The available English translations of Karl May’s books should be found at this online book store: http://astore.amazon.com/karl-may-books-20
Books 1 - 9 have been published to German readers under the following titles:
- Buch 1: Durch die Wueste
- Buch 2: Durchs wilde Kurdistan
- Buch 3: Von Bagdad nach Stambul
- Buch 4: In den Schluchten des Balkan
- Buch 5: Durch das Land der Skipetaren
- Buch 6: Der Schut
- Buch 7: Winnetou I
- Buch 8: Winnetou II
- Buch 9: Winnetou III
Karl Friedrich May wrote the the 3 Old Shurehand books and the first 3 Winnetou novels between 1893 and 1897. They are set in the illustrious Wild West of America. Mentionable is the certainty that Karl F. May’s first visit to America occured not before the year 1908. This voyage took him to Buffalo, the Niagara Falls and Albany, but not farther to the West. Consequently his popular stories are a product of creativity, imagination and literature studies like travel accounts, guide books and maps, as well as linguistic publications.
