Karl F. May books and movies have a huge following all over the world
Saturday, August 27th, 2011The author Karl F. May belongs to the most popular German novelists of the twentieth century. He was given birth to on 02/25/1842 and perished on March 30, 1912. Exceeding 200 million pieces of Karl F. May’s works have been sold around the world. The best-known figures of Karl F. May’s volumes are Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. Winnetou is the smart prince of the Apache Indians, and Old Shatterhand is his white blood brother.
From 1912 to 1968 there were produced over 22 movies following Karl May’s books. 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 actor Stewart Granger acted as the character of Old Shurehand in 3 movies. Those films became quite successful, although some of them only improperly reflecting the original Karl F. May novels.
The Karl Friedrich May works have been translated into over 35 languages and have been released in various countries. They are well-known even in countries like the Netherlands and Indonesia. The German Karl F. May collection consists of at least 87 stories, all of which might be for sale at this web book store: http://astore.amazon.de/karl-may-buecher-21. The available English translations of Karl F. May’s books can be for sale at the following online book store: Karl May Books
Books 1 - 9 have been published to the German audience under those titles:
- Bd. 1: Durch die Wueste
- Bd. 2: Durchs wilde Kurdistan
- Bd. 3: Von Bagdad nach Stambul
- Bd. 4: In den Schluchten des Balkan
- Bd. 5: Durch das Land der Skipetaren
- Bd. 6: Der Schut
- Bd. 7: Winnetou I
- Bd. 8: Winnetou II
- Bd. 9: Winnetou III
Karl F. May wrote the first 3 Winnetou stories and the three Old Shurehand books in the 1890s. They are set in the grand Wild West of America. Interesting is the actuality that Karl Friedrich May’s first travel to North America happened not before the year 1908. This voyage took him to Albany, Buffalo and the Niagara Falls, but not farther to the West. Thus his renowned volumes came from creativity, imagination and factual sources as guide books, maps and travel accounts, as well as linguistic publications.