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Winnetou (1893)

by Karl May

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Series: Karl May's gesammelte Werke (07), Satan und Ischariot (7)

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Winnetou the Apache Knight is a western novel by Karl May about German-American, Old Shatterhand, who is able to outwit and outshoot both Yanks and Indians but finds himself a friend in Winnetou, who is an Apache Indian Chief. This is an important novel which deals with friendship among individuals who come from different backgrounds. This title is highly recommended for those interested in early American and Native American tales, as well as fans of the writings of Karl May.… (more)
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This is a sweeping western novel, dealing sympathetically with American Indians, written by a 19th century German man who never set foot in America. Many times the approach is cartoonishly over-simplistic. Yet, strangely enough, there is a compelling appeal to this book. Episodic in it style, it is an easy read which lends itself to installments. Although I have not seen them, there are apparently several movies (in German) based on this book. I became familiar with it through a graduate German History course, the teacher of which (a native German) assured the class that this book and other westerns were wildly popular in Germany. ( )
  AlexTheHunn | Jun 6, 2007 |
This is a decent Wild West novel by an author from Germany named Karl May - who never visited the West. Winnetou writes in the typical long-winded nineteenth century manner - his characters are by and large stock characters, and in need of heeding Polonius's advice in Hamlet: brevity is the soul of wit. May admires those Indians who are noble savages, but intimates they would do better for themselves if they latched on to true Christianity and adopted the trappings of civillization. ( )
  tuckerresearch | Mar 2, 2007 |
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May, Karlprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
HENNIGER, GerhardAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
KRUM, GustavIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nagengast, PeterCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nickel, HelmutIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sackmann, EckartEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
SZINNAI, TivadarTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Winnetou the Apache Knight is a western novel by Karl May about German-American, Old Shatterhand, who is able to outwit and outshoot both Yanks and Indians but finds himself a friend in Winnetou, who is an Apache Indian Chief. This is an important novel which deals with friendship among individuals who come from different backgrounds. This title is highly recommended for those interested in early American and Native American tales, as well as fans of the writings of Karl May.

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