On Feb 23, 1996 14:54:52, 'Riva Feshbach <[log in to unmask]>'
wrote:


>And,  if you are researching the Native American/German thing, you
>HAVE to read a series of novels by the late 19th century German author
>Karl May.  They provide a fascinating, if bizarre, take on the "noble
>savage" and the white imperialist.  Interestingly, May, who never left
>Germany himself, sent his alter-ego first across the American West and
>then to North Africa, Asia Minor and the Balkans.  Oooh, I could go on
>forever about this...

Karl May is discussed as an influence in the autobiography of George Grosz
where May is cited as one of Adolf Hitler's favorite authors.
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Robert A. Baron
Museum Computer Consultant
P.O. Box 93, Larchmont N.Y. 10538
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