Old Surehand III
Old Surehand III is the third volume in the Surehand trilogy. Karl May wrote the third part of the story in the period from September to December 1896 (after an almost two-year surehand break). It was publishedin January 1898 as volume 19in the series "Karl May's collected travel stories" by the Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld publishing house. The band was adorned with a portrait photo " Old Shatterhands ".
In 1910 an illustrated edition with pictures by Claus Bergen appeared .
content
overview
- First chapter: Shahko Matto (pp. 1–172)
- Second chapter: Kolma Putschi (pp. 173–312)
- Third chapter: In the Kui-erant-yuaw (pp. 313–459)
- Fourth chapter: At the Devils-head (pp. 460–566)
action
The released Old Wabble seeks revenge and allies himself with the Osagen . Winnetou and Old Shatterhand are able to prevent the planned raids and also free Apanatschka , who was captured by the Osagen. Old Wabble and Schahko Matto, the chief of the Osagen, are caught. They can make peace with Shahko Matto, but Old Wabble remains unforgiving.
A little later, there is another attack on Old Shatterhand on Harbors Farm, which, however, is again mild. The assassin is the Comanche medicine man , Tibo-taka, the alleged father of Apanachka, who has apparently allied himself with General Douglas.
Shahko Matto remembers that years ago he met a Lothaire Thibaut, who was a vicious cheater and thief. It turns out that Lothaire Thibaut and Tibo-taka are identical and that this cannot possibly be Apanachka's father. Shahko Matto declares that he will join the group of persecutors because he too still has an unresolved account with the general.
On the further way, the companions of Tramps under the leadership of Old Wabble are ambushed and captured. Kolma Puschi , a mysterious Indian whom they had met shortly before, is able to free them. But they do not get far because they now meet Toby Spencer and his gang, with Old Shatterhand being injured. In the general turmoil around a forge, the Spencer gang is arrested and Spencer is permanently checkmated even in a duel .
Now the friends are finally making good progress and come across Old Surehand in “Bärental” . However, he is a prisoner of Utah's only released under the chief Tusahga Saritsch and should, if he kills four bears and the chief brings the skins. Of course he gets help with this task and he succeeds. Together they ride on to the "Mountain of Green Water" (Pah-sawehre-payew). There the general has allied himself with the Utahs and ambushed Old Wabble with his tramps. The tramps are all dead and Old Wabble is dying. He regrets his misdeeds and Old Shatterhand prays for him.
Kolma Puschi reappears in the Rocky Mountains . Old Shatterhand solves the mystery of Old Surehand's past - and it turns out that Kolma Puschi is a woman and the mother of Surehand and Apanatschka. Tibo-wete-elen was originally called Tokbela and is her sister. General Douglas himself is the wanted Dan Etters, who brought the misery over the family.
In the duel, Thibaut is shot by Schahko Matto and the general falls into the depths while fleeing and dies in agony.
Book editions
- Karl May: Old Surehand (3 volumes). Reprint of the first book edition by Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld , Freiburg i. Br., 1894, 1895 and 1896, edited with an afterword by Roland Schmid from Karl-May-Verlag , Bamberg 1983.
- After Karl May's death in 1912, the three-volume story (restructured) was included in Karl May's Collected Works (Karl May Verlag. Bamberg, Radebeul). Volumes 14 and 15 contain the actual Old Surehand narrative (Volume I, Chapter 4 of Volume II and Volume III).
- Current issues in the book database.
Settings
- Overview of all settings of the material in the audio play database
literature
- Hainer Plaul: Illustrated Karl May Bibliography. With the participation of Gerhard Klußmeier . Edition Leipzig 1988. ISBN 3-361-00145-5 (or) KG Saur Munich – London – New York – Paris 1989. ISBN 3-598-07258-9
- Wolfgang Hermesmeier, Stefan Schmatz : Karl May Bibliography 1913–1945 , Karl May Verlag , Bamberg 2000, ISBN 3780201577
- Claus Roxin : Old Surehand III. In: Gert Ueding (Ed.): Karl-May-Handbuch. Publishing house Königshausen & Neumann Würzburg 2001 , p. 204 f. ISBN 3-8260-1813-3
- Wolfgang Hermesmeier, Stefan Schmatz: Development and expansion of the collected works. A success story for 110 years , in: Der schliffene Diamant , Bamberg-Radebeul 2003, ISBN 3-7802-0160-7 , pp. 341–486, especially pp. 366–370.
Web links
- Online version on the KMG website .