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Old Shatterhand is a fictional character in Western novels by German writer Karl May (1842–1912). He is the German friend and blood brother of Winnetou, the fictional chief of the Mescalero tribe of the Apache. He is the main character in the Eurowestern by the same name from 1964, starring Lex Barker. == Characterisation == Old Shatterhand is the alter ego of Karl May, and May himself maintained that he experienced all the adventures in person, even though in fact he did not visit America until after he wrote most of his well-known Western stories, and never traveled west of Buffalo, NY. Most of the stories are written from a first person perspective, and Winnetou often calls Old Shatterhand ''my brother Scharli'' ('Scharli' being a German phonetic approximation of 'Charlie', and ultimately meaning Karl in German). May also wrote stories about the same character traveling the Orient, where he is known as Kara Ben Nemsi. May attached the prefix ''Old'' to the names of several of his characters, considering it to be typically American and a sign of the characters' great experience. In the stories, Old Shatterhand is given the name by his friend Sam Hawkens (who also originates from Germany but is already an old-timer in the American West), as he was able to knock his opponents unconscious with a single punch from his fist aimed at the head (specifically the temple). Old Shatterhand owns two famous rifles, the ''Bärentöter'' (Bear Killer) and the ''Henrystutzen'' (Henry carbine), both made by a fictional gunsmith called Henry in St. Louis (based on gunsmith Benjamin Tyler Henry 1821–1898). The ''Henrystutzen'' was able to fire 25 shots without reloading, probably a hyperbolic reference to the Henry rifle. Old Shatterhand rode a horse called ''Hatatitla'' (Lightning), which he got from Winnetou, who rode the horse's brother, called ''Iltschi'' (meaning Wind). The tales may have been an influence on the creation of the Lone Ranger media franchise.〔(Lone Ranger Radio Broadcasts (The Lone Ranger) ), Modesto Radio Museum〕〔(The Road to War: Portraying the Indian, continued... ), American Indians in the Great War: Real and Imagined, Diane Camurat, online in the Karl May Gesellschaft website〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Shatterhand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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