WAŃKOWICZ Melchior
EPOPHY STRIPES
Stories
Warsaw, br. Tow. Wyd. "Ignis", pp. 160, format 14x20 cm
First printing!
The cover was drawn by Edmund Bartłomiejczyk, 3150 pieces were printed on plain paper and 50 pieces on woodless paper at the printing house of the Society of Border Guard in Warsaw.
A passionate story about the history of General Jozef Dowbor-Musnich's 1st Polish Corps in the East, in which the author served. Wańkowicz participated in the mutiny of officers against the general after the signing of an agreement with the Germans in Bobruisk in May 1918 to disarm Polish troops, and in an attempt to arrest Mussnicki. As a result, he himself and a group of junior officers were brought before a field court and taken into custody. The aftermath of these events dragged on for several more years.
Melchior Wańkowicz (1892 - 1974) coat of arms Wańkowicz - Polish writer, journalist, reporter and publicist. He debuted with articles in the press while still under the Russian partition. He published his first volumes of reportage and memoirs in the interwar period. During World War II, he worked as a war correspondent for General Władysław Anders'Second Polish Corps .
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