Karl F. May stories have a huge group of followers in many countries

The novelist Karl F. May is one of the most famous German authors of the twentieth century. He was given birth to on February 25, 1842 and passed away on March 30, 1912. At least 200,000,000 copies of Karl F. May’s books have been purchased all over the world. The best-known characters of Karl May’s stories are Old Shatterhand and Winnetou. Winnetou is the intelligent chief of the Apache Tribe, and Old Shatterhand is his white pal.

From 1912 to 1968 there were publicized 23 films following Karl F. May’s novels. The American actor Lex Barker became very popular for acting as the character of Old Shatterhand. Another well-known Karl May character is Old Shurehand. The British actor Stewart Granger played the role of Old Shurehand in 3 films. The movies were very successful, although partially only inaccurately reflecting the original Karl Friedrich May volumes.

The Karl F. May works have been translated into over thirty-five languages and have been released all over the world. They are popular even in countries like Mexico and Hungary. The German Karl May collection consists of at least 87 works, all of which might be offered at the following Internet book store: http://astore.amazon.de/karl-may-buecher-21. The available English versions of Karl May’s volumes can be found at this online book store: Karl May Books

Novels 1 – 9 have been published in Germany under these headers:

• Gesammelte Werke 1: Durch die Wueste
• Gesammelte Werke 2: Durchs wilde Kurdistan
• Gesammelte Werke 3: Von Bagdad nach Stambul
• Gesammelte Werke 4: In den Schluchten des Balkan
• Gesammelte Werke 5: Durch das Land der Skipetaren
• Gesammelte Werke 6: Der Schut
• Gesammelte Werke 7: Winnetou I
• Gesammelte Werke 8: Winnetou II
• Gesammelte Werke 9: Winnetou III

Karl May wrote the the 3 Old Shurehand books and the first three Winnetou novels before 1900. They are set in the illustrious Wild West of America. Funny is the actuality that Karl Friedrich May’s first trip to North America happened in 1908. That journey took him to the Niagra Falls, Buffalo and Albany, but not farther west. So his renowned books originated from creativity, imagination and factual sources like travel accounts, guide books and maps, as well as linguistic books.