I agree with Dru that the connections are fairly well-known.
My nephew performs in Europe and the German hobbyists are keen to let him
know if his songs and dances are accurate according to their standards.
Birgit Hans was working on some of the German interests. How ironic is
it that the author of this article is the "John Evans" professor at U
Denver?
Best,
Jane
On Sunday, August 21, 2016, Cremean, David <[log in to unmask]
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> * ​Good point, Richard--and some interesting points, Drucilla. Yes, the
> interpretations and uses don't necessarily follow, of course. Hope to see
> all 3 of you in Big Sky. The German fascination with Indians extends to at
> least certain reservations, too: intermarriage of Lakota and Blackfeet with
> Germans was/is common. I mentioned James Welch to a Blackfeet gal in East
> Glacier a couple of weeks ago. She said, "Welch isn't a Blackfeet name." I
> said, no, but he was also part Gros Ventre and pretty "visibly Native,"
> adding such intermarriage with Germans--and Irish and French--was also very
> common with the Lakota. "Interesting," she said, though I'm unsure to this
> day if she really believed me. David N. Cremean Professor, Humanities and
> English Black Hills State University Past President, Western Literature
> Association (2009) Cell: (605) 645-8478 *
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> *From:* Western Literature discussion <[log in to unmask]> on
> behalf of Drucilla Wall <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 21, 2016 7:11 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Read This: "The Cowboy Novels that Inspired Hitler"
>
> Hi all,
> I had been aware of the hitler connection. There is also a continuing
> fascination on the part of certain Germans in May's depiction of Native
> Americans. I think this is common knowledge, right?
>
> In a few current totalitarian or totalitarian-ish countries, a
> consistently popular item is the TV series "Friends". Would Hitler have
> loved Friends? Another is "Sex in the City". Would Hitler have loved that
> show? Even though both are set in NYC, I can see some Western plot
> elements. maybe even some aspects in common with May.
>
> Best,
> Drucilla
>
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> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:58:04 -0700
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Read This: "The Cowboy Novels that Inspired Hitler"
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Tom and David--I read the article hurriedly, but there was no mention that
> May was inspired by James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking novels,
> especially "The Last of the Mohicans." Actually, he was rather ripping off
> Cooper. It's been a while since I was interested in thinking about
> Cooper's politics.
>
> Richard Hutson
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> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Cremean, David <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> I should add: A few years ago now, when on the SD Humanities Council, I
> was in Hill City for its film festival. A woman approached me about her and
> some others' working on republishing Karl May here in the US. She gave me a
> free copy of one of the novels. I've read a good bit about May over the
> years, of course, but none of his writings--including, still, the one she
> gave me, though I really need to get to it. I was aware of Hitler's love
> for them and other Western novels, as well as their popular in the
> totalitarian USSR.
>
> David N. Cremean
> Professor, Humanities and English
> Black Hills State University
> Past President, Western Literature Association (2009)
> Cell: (605) 645-8478
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> ________________________________________
> From: Western Literature discussion <[log in to unmask]> on behalf
> of Cremean, David
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 11:24 AM
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> Subject: Re: Read This: "The Cowboy Novels that Inspired Hitler"
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> Man, this looks interesting--thanks, Tom.
> ________________________________________
> From: Western Literature discussion <[log in to unmask]> on behalf
> of Tom Lynch <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2016 8:08 AM
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> Subject: Read This: "The Cowboy Novels that Inspired Hitler"
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> Read This: "The Cowboy Novels that Inspired Hitler"
> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/21/these-wild-
> west-novels-inspired-hitler.html?via=ios
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> Tom Lynch
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