Wiesław Wernic

Who was Wiesław Wernic?

Wiesław Wernic, popular Polish writer and journalist, best known for his series of Wild West books, sometimes called "Polish Karl May".

During World War II fought in the Warsaw Uprising, after the war worked for a Polish daily Rzeczpospolita and weekly "Tygodnik Demokratyczny". His first stories were published in 1927, he returned to writing in the sixties when he wrote his fist Wild West book "Tropy wiodą przez prerię". Over the next 30 years he wrote 20 books about the adventures of Doctor John and his friend Charles Gordon. Unlike Karl May to whom he was often compared, Wernic visited United States a number of times where he met with American Indians and was a leading authority on the history and customs of the Wild West.

Some of his books were translated into German, Slovak, Romanian and Czech languages. He sold well over 2,000,000 books in Poland and over 350,000 in other languages.

⁕Tropy wiodą przez prerię 1965

⁕Szeryf z Fort Benton 1966