Ernie Hearting

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Ernie Hearting (1975)

Ernie Hearting is a pseudonym of the Swiss writer Ernst Herzig (born July 31, 1914 in Langenthal ; † December 29, 1992 in Basel ), under whom he wrote a series of books for young people about the great chiefs of the North American Indians , which he developed based on historical sources . He wanted to set himself apart from the romanticizing Indian novels such as Karl May and Fritz Steuben , which were very popular, but mostly historically imprecise. The series Famous Indians, White Scouts comprised 15 volumes and was first published by Waldstatt Verlag in Einsiedeln between 1949 and 1963, sometimes in several editions. In 1990 Weltbild published a selection of 3 volumes, which was expanded to include a fourth volume in 1992. Some of his books have also been translated into other languages.

bibliography

Series Famous Indians, White Scouts
  • Vol. 1: Rote Wolke ( Red Cloud ). A portrait of the great Sioux chief (1949)
  • Vol. 2: Sitting Bull . The great leader in the Sioux Indian freedom struggle (1950)
  • Vol. 3: Dull Knife. Leader of the Cheyenne -Indianer in their last struggle for home and Freedom (1951)
  • Vol. 4: Geronimo . The story of the Apaches in their struggle for freedom and independence (1952)
  • Vol. 5: Rolling Thunder. Warchief Chief Joseph . The story of his life and people (1953)
  • Vol. 6: Little Crow . The story of a Sioux chief (1954)
  • Vol. 7: War eagle. The story of the Comanche chief Quanah Parker (1955)
  • Vol. 8: Crazy Horse . The Story of a Great Teton Dakota War Chief (1956)
  • Vol. 9: Osceola . Chief of the Seminole Indians (1957)
  • Vol. 10: Moxtaveto ( Black Kettle ), the tragic fate of this great chief of the Cheyenne Indians (1958)
  • Vol. 11: Lone Wolf. The story of a warrior of the Apache Indians (1959)
  • Vol. 12: Black Hawk . The Story of a Sauk Chief (1960)
  • Volume 13: Pontiac . Mission and fate of a great Indian chief (1961)
  • Vol. 14: Captain Jack. Kintpuash , leader of the Modoc Indians in the fight for their homeland (1962)
  • Vol. 15: Metacomet . Mission and fate of a great Indian chief (1963)
Further works by Waldstatt Verlag, Einsiedeln
  • (as Greti Herzog) Minito. The story of an Indian girl. (1954)
  • Jack Gregor the Scout (1963)
  • The Indian Colonel. From Lake Geneva to the North American jungle. Life and adventures of the Swiss Henri Bouquet , an officer in the English service. (1965)

literature

  • Werner Schuder : Kürschner's German Literature Calendar . 54th year. Walter de Gruyter, 1963. ISBN 978-3-111-69855-7 (the keyword Hearting, Ernie on p. 240 refers to the entry Herzig, Ernst on p. 257)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moxtaveto, by Ernie Hearting, Waldstatt Verlag, 1960, bibliography section
  2. ^ The English Westerners' Society - Custer Association of Great Britain, The Tally Sheet, Spring 2007, Volume 53, Number 2, pages 13 through 15
  3. ↑ Michael Franzen: Diary of the history of the USA of the 19th century: Volume 7 1878-1888 . neobooks, 2018 ISBN 978-3-742-74673-3 (The bibliography there mentions the first three volumes of the series)
  4. ^ Andreas Klimt et al .: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar . KG Saur, 2003. Volume 2, p. 1300
personal data
SURNAME Hearting, Ernie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hearty, Ernst (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenthal
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1992
Place of death Basel