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| Original Title: | Der Geist des Llano estakado |
| Series: | Unter Geiern #2 |
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Paperback | Pages: 131 pages Rating: 3.95 | 529 Users | 7 Reviews
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The Spanish name Llano Estacado, meaning Staked Plain, is part of the high plains of the United States, located west of today’s Lubbock, Texas. It covers an area of about 30,000 square miles, extending to the state of New Mexico. It is a strikingly flat and monotonous area at an elevation of between 3,000-4,000 feet. Local water-retaining depressions and washes that, due to the meager rainfall, rarely hold water occasionally break this semiarid plain. Sandstorms can cut down vision in the midst of day and scour the unwary with tiny bullets of sand. It is said that even Indians hesitated to cross this wasteland. Myth holds that the Coronado expedition planted stakes as guideposts for the return trip when it first crossed the plain westward, giving the area its name. Karl May has used the myth of the stakes as a backdrop for his story of ‘The Ghost of Llano Estacado’. Again, he assembles many of his Western heroes for new adventures and the performance of good deeds, in the process adding a few new characters. One of his recurring characters, Hobble-Frank, owner of the Villa “Bear Fat” in Saxony, know-it-all, mangler of half-knowledge, with his persistent and extensive elaboration’s, may have been funny a hundred years ago when read in German. However, his argumentative discourses, when translated into English, become rather tedious. They often have no meaning for the English-only reader, since they deal with local events and characters of his (and Karl May’s) home state, and mangle geography and ancient history in an attempt to be funny. At worst, they make no sense when translated. Hence, I have taken the liberty to severely edit his profuseness to make the story line flow more smoothly. Rest assured, that I have otherwise stayed as close as possible to Karl May’s writings and left even his many, many compass directions unaltered.
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| Title | : | Pengembaraan Dr. Karl May: Llano Estacado (Unter Geiern #2) |
| Author | : | Karl May |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 131 pages |
| Published | : | 1975 by Pradnya Paramita (first published 1888) |
| Categories | : | Adventure. Westerns. Fiction. Young Adult. Asian Literature. Indonesian Literature. Literature. 19th Century |
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Das ist das höchste der Gefühle.Вече не си спомням много от тази книга, но някак не белстеше чак толкова на фона на останалите книги на Карл Май.В съзнанието ми е останала противната сцена, в която Олд Шетърхенд трябваше, да пие кръвта на един койот, вместо вода. И човек си задава въпроса до къде би стигнал, за да оцелее.
Tohle byla moje prvni knizka kterou jsou cetli spolecne s tatinkem. Ted zpetne uz si toho moc nepamatuji, snad jen ze prebal byl jiny.
It has always amazed me that one of the best writers of westerns is a German, who never even visited the U.S. until long after the fact. Generations of Germans have enjoyed Karl Mays novels, and Karl May studies is a large and prospering industry. Although Im inclined to believe that Westerns, almost by definition, cant be worth more than three stars, my objection to The Ghost of Llano Estacado is not Karl Mays story but the edition itself. The volume issued by Nemsi Books is both poorly
Karl Friedrich May (also Karol May) was one of the best selling German writers of all time, noted mainly for books set in the American Old West, (best known for the characters of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand) and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East. In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America.May also wrote poetry and several plays, as well as
It has always amazed me that one of the best writers of westerns is a German, who never even visited the U.S. until long after the fact. Generations of Germans have enjoyed Karl Mays novels, and Karl May studies is a large and prospering industry. Although Im inclined to believe that Westerns, almost by definition, cant be worth more than three stars, my objection to The Ghost of Llano Estacado is not Karl Mays story but the edition itself. The volume issued by Nemsi Books is both poorly
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