Savage To Saint: The Karl May Story (1st ed, out-of-print)

Savage To Saint is the first English biography of Karl May (1842-1912). It is a work interpretation and focuses on his Wild West adventure stories and the figure of Winnetou the Apache chief. The Karl May Story features excerpts from many of May’s most famous works such as The Treasure in Silver Lake, the Winnetou trilogy, Old Surehand, Winnetou IV, The Rock Fortress, “Holy Night!” and more. It features several complete stories and reveals how the German author shaped the European's image of the 'last frontier' of the eighteen hundreds. Karl May travelled through the Wild West of his making under the sobriquet Old Shatterhand and immortalized the famous Apache chief, Winnetou, in the over one-century-long bestselling trilogy. But Winnetou is more than just a fictional character. Between 1875 and 1910 the Apache gradually developed into the outward expression of May’s soul; Savage To Saint traces the writer’s spiritual journey across the Rocky Mountains and prairies of the Wild West.