Description: Karl May (born Feb. 25, 1842, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony [Germany]—died March 30, 1912, Radebeul, Ger.) was a German author of travel and adventure stories for young people, dealing with desert Arabs or with American Indians in the wild West, remarkable for the realistic detail that the author was able to achieve. May, a weaver’s son, was an elementary school teacher until arrested for petty theft. He later was twice arrested for fraud and spent several years in prison, where he is said to have read voraciously. After his release in 1874 May wrote short stories that were serialized in various periodicals. His popularity soared upon the appearance of his short-story collections and novels in the early 1890s. Some of the best known of his more than 60 works are Der Schatz im Silbersee (1894; “The Treasure in the Silver Lake”), Durch die Wüste (1892; In the Desert), Winnetou, 3 vol. (1893; Eng. trans., 1977); Ardistan und Dschinnistan (1909; Ardistan and Djinnistan), and the autobiography Mein Leben und Streben (1910; “My Life and Struggle”). In his memory were established a publishing house, the Karl May Verlag in Bamberg, Ger. (originally in Radebeul), and the Karl May Museum in Bamberg, containing North American Indian collections. KARL MAY "PROFESSOR VITZLIPUTZLI"#47 - Hardcover - © 1955 Joachim Schmid Varlag, BambergSatz und Druck: St. Otto-Verlag, Bamberg483 - pagesThe volume was published in 1927 as part of the Collected Works and contains a collection of stories, some of which have been heavily edited, set in Germany. In the first edition, the editor Euchar Albrecht Schmid named the following editors: Franz Kandolf, Adalbert Stütz, Adolf Volck and Max Weiß. The edition was reprinted unchanged until 1940.After the Second World War, the same version was published in Bamberg from 1955 onwards. The cover painting is by Carl Lindeberg and was redrawn by Klaus Lehmann after the Second World War. The anthology contains the following texts: Professor Vitzliputzli [part of In der Heimath]When Two Hearts Part [Part from In the Homeland]The Lucky White Horse [Hussar Pranks]The War ChestAt the Ernstthal regulars' table [fumigated]The Wool Devil [In The Wool Devil]The Fisherman Jacob and the Water Barrel [In the Water Stand]The false excellencesThe two night watchmenThe Bewitched Goat [The Cursed Goat]The Heirs Against Their Will [The Universal Heirs]Pankraz the Matchmaker [On the Walnut Trees]How Councillor Epperlein was helped out of a tight spot [The Ducat's Nest].
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