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Winnetou by Richard H. Cracroft, Karl F. May and David Koblick (1999, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWashington STATE University Press

ISBN-10087422179X

ISBN-139780874221794

eBay Product ID (ePID)19038759226

Product Key Features

Book TitleWinnetou

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicWesterns, Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorRichard H. Cracroft, Karl F. May, David Koblick

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.2 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-018364

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal833/.8

Edition DescriptionAbridged edition

SynopsisKarl May's German-language novel of the American West has been a perennial favorite in Europe since its release in 1892. The story of the German-born frontiersman Old Shatterhand and his Apache companion Winnetou in the western plains and mountains has been reprinted innumerable times, made into films and plays, and has inspired musical compositions. Today in Germany, Old West enthusiasts by the tens of thousands attend outdoor "Karl May" festivals each summer. Yet, despite Karl May's immense popularity in Europe, this prolific author of adventure fiction is virtually unknown in the United States and Canada. May's writing has shaped a European vision of the post-Civil War American West--one uniquely Teutonized by his prolific pen. Interestingly enough, May did not visit the United States until late in life, in 1908--long after his most popular western stories were published. In the WSU Press edition, David Koblick's excellent translation and abridgment puts the best known novel by Karl May into the hands of an English speaking audience. In addition, an introduction by Koblick and an insightful foreword by Richard H. Cracroft of Brigham Young University provide cultural and historical perspectives on the Karl May phenomenon.

LC Classification NumberPT2625.A848W7413

Abridged byKoblick, David