Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt). In 1899 Gustave Aimard (1818-1883) a French writer adventurer and one of the classics of the Western literary genre spent most of his life traveling across North and South America collecting material for his novels. He lived for a time among wild tribes which allowed him to accurately portray the way of life of American Indians. Along with Eugene Sue and Paul Feval he was the most popular representative of nineteenth-century French mass literature. SKUalb7d719995dce4cbfe.