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. -- Robert A. Baron Museum Computer Consultant P.O. Box 93, Larchmont N.Y. 10538 [log in to unmask]