The ranger

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The ranger of Karl May is an adaptation of the 1850 published novel Le Coureur des Bois in the French travel writer Gabriel Ferry . May used a translation from the French by Gustav Füllner for this novel. Today it is Volume 70 of the same name of the Collected Works published by Karl May Verlag .

History of origin

Early German translation by AH Fogowitz, ca.1857

The original title at Ferry is Le Coureur des Bois and was his best known work. Even before Karl May there were some adaptations of the ranger , but the version from 1879 was largely influenced by May's own ideas. He not only gave some characters new names, but also changed the focus and many narrative details. This version only saw one edition, the next editions were shortened more and more, and the name Mays as the editor was finally dropped. It was not until the 1959 edition of Karl May Verlag (then still Ustad Verlag) that the work was returned to its original version.

Before he was working on Ferry's novel, Karl May had only written one Wild West story, Inn-nu-wo, the Indian chief, and two Wild West novels in 1875, namely in 1875 Old Firehand (today in Volume 71 of the Collected Works, also Inn-nu -woh ) and caught at sea in 1877/78 (today in volume 80 of the same name). While Inn-nu-wo and Winnetou were older, rougher "savages" in the works of 1875 and the action was still set in the "classic" Indian area of ​​the prairies , under Ferry's influence he turned to the "Apacheria", where he will be his future Let heroes experience their adventures. Many details of his later novels are on Ferry Ranger due, it is from the Comanche Rayon Brûlant , the May Falkenauge renamed, the chief of the Apache Winnetou, El Mestizo or Sang-Mele is the model for the Half-Blood Ik Senanda in the black Mustang , the Waldläufer Bois-rosé himself becomes the noble Old Firehand of the Winnetou trilogy. Even the silver rifle has its origins in the El Mestizos rifle, which is studded with brass nails, and which May only added; Ferry does not yet have this weapon. Franz Kandolf writes pointedly: "This is how Karl May stands on Gabriel Ferry's shoulders."

content

The Count of Mediana murders his brother's widow and kidnaps their son Fabian in order to take possession of the county. The child is saved by the customs guard Pepe Dormilon ("The Sleeper") and a sailor (later Bois-rosé). The boy comes to Mexico and becomes the famous horse tamer Tiburcio Arellano. He also meets his two rescuers, now well-known rangers, and his mother's murderer there, where they look for and find a huge bonanza. Hunted by hostile Apaches, Mexican bandits and El Mestizo with his father, they escape all attacks, supported by the Comanche Hawk's Eye. Tiburcio Arellano, the true Count of Mediana, can avenge his mother and comes into his own.

expenditure

  • Gabriel Ferry: The Ranger . Edited for the youth by Karl May. Reprint of the first book edition Stuttgart: Neugebauer, 1879. Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg 1987, ISBN 3-7802-0270-0 .
  • Gabriel Ferry: The Ranger. A novel by hunters, prospectors and Indians in wild Mexico . Adapted from an old translation by Hans Küfner. 3rd edition, Arena, Würzburg 1990, ISBN 3-401-04324-2 .
  • Gabriel Ferry / Karl May: The Ranger. Story from the Wild West. Based on the novel by Gabriel Ferry, edited and redesigned by Karl May. Volume 70 of the collected works, Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg 1959.

literature

  • Hanswilhelm Haefs : Karl May's "ranger". Searching for clues in Mexico . Karl May Society. Berlin 1989.
  • Wolfgang Hermesmeier, Stefan Schmatz : Development and expansion of the collected works. A success story for 110 years . In: Lothar and Bernhard Schmid (eds.): The polished diamond. Karl May's Collected Works . Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg / Radebeul 2003, ISBN 3-7802-0160-7 , pp. 341-486, especially pp. 458 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Hermesmeier / Stefan Schmatz: Origin and expansion of the collected works. A success story for 1120 years. In: Lothar and Bernhard Schmid (editors): The cut diamond. Karl May's Collected Works. Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg / Radebeul 2003, ISBN 3-7802-0160-7 , p. 458/459.
  2. ^ Franz Kandolf: Karl May and Gabriel Ferry. Based on essays from the Karl May yearbooks 1932 and 1933. In: Gabriel Ferry / Karl May: Der Waldläufer. Story from the Wild West. Based on the novel by Gabriel Ferry, edited and redesigned by Karl May. Volume 70 of the collected works, Karl May Verlag, Bamberg 1959, pp. 471–479.
  3. ↑ Gabriel Ferry / Karl May: The Ranger. Story from the Wild West. Based on the novel by Gabriel Ferry, edited and redesigned by Karl May. Volume 70 of the collected works, Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg 1959.
Works by Karl May


Early work (1875–1883)

The Book of Love  • Geographical sermons (in “ Schacht und Hütte ”) • The two Quitzow's last voyages  • Caught on the sea  • Scepter and hammer  • In the far west  • The Ranger  • The Jewel Island
Groups of shorter texts: adventure stories (including Old Firehand  • The Oil Prince ) • Erzgebirge village stories  • Stories about the old Dessauer  • Historical stories  • Humoresques

Colportage novels (1882–1888)

The forest rose  • The Uhlan's love  • The lost son  • German hearts - German heroes  • The way to happiness

Travel stories (1892–1899)

Through the desert and harem ( through the desert ) • Through wild Kurdistan  • From Baghdad to Stambul  • In the gorges of the Balkans  • Through the land of the Skipetaren  • The Schut  • Winnetou I – III  • Oranges and dates  • On the Pacific Ocean  • On the Rio de la Plata  • In the Cordillera  • Old Surehand I  • Old Surehand II  • In the land of the Mahdi I – III  • Old Surehand III  • Satan and Ischariot I – III  • On strange paths  • “Christmas!”  • In the realm of the silver lion I- II  • On the afterlife
special case: The rose of Kaïrwan

Youth narratives (1887–1897)

The son of the bear hunter  • The spirit of the Llano estakado  • Kong-Kheou, the word of honor ( The blue-red Methuselah ) • The slave caravan  • The treasure in the Silver Lake  • The legacy of the Inca  • The oil prince  • The black mustang
Groups of shorter texts: illustration texts  • Texts below the pseudonym Hobble-Frank

Late work (1900–1910)

Heavenly thoughts  • In the realm of the silver lion III  • Erzgebirge village stories  • In the realm of the silver lion IV  • And peace on earth!  • Babel and the Bible  • Ardistan and Jinnistan I – II  • Winnetou IV  • My life and striving

Other works (1896–1912)

The joys and sorrows of a widely read person  • Serious sounds (contains, among others, Ave Maria ) • Three questions of humanity  • Sitara, the land of the human  soul • Up into the realm of noble men

Film adaptations of the works and life of Karl May


cinemamovies

On the ruins of paradise  (1920) • The death caravan  (1920) • The devil worshipers  (1920) • Through the desert  (1936) • The slave caravan  (1958) • The lion of Babylon  (1959) • The treasure in the Silver Lake  (1962) • Winnetou Part 1  (1963) • Old Shatterhand  (1964) • The Schut  (1964) • Winnetou Part 2  (1964) • Among Vultures  (1964) • The Aztec Treasure  (1965) • The Pyramid of the Sun God  (1965) • The Oil Prince  (1965) • Through wild Kurdistan  (1965) • Winnetou 3rd part  (1965) • Old Surehand 1st part  (1965) • In the realm of the silver lion  (1965) • The legacy of the Inca  (1966) • Winnetou and the Half-blood Apanatschi  (1966) • Winnetou and his friend Old Firehand  (1966) • Winnetou and Shatterhand in the valley of the dead  (1968) • The trail leads to the Silver Lake  (1990) • WinneToons - The legend of the treasure in the Silver Lake  (2009)

Television series and films

With Karl May in the Orient  (1963) • Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi  (1973/75) • My friend Winnetou  (1980) • The bush ghost  (1986) • Hello - here Karl May / Bärenstark  (1987) • Prairie hunters in Mexico  (1988) • Winnetou  (1996) • Winnetou's Return  (1998) • WinneToons  (2002) • Winnetou - The Myth Lives  (2016)

Adaptations of the biography

Acquittal for Old Shatterhand  (1965) • Karl May  (movie, 1974) • Karl May  (TV series, 1992)