Machay Ferdinand, Gazda Piotr Borowy[woodcuts by St. Jakubowski].

Gazda Piotr Borowy. Life and writings/ Krakow 1938/ published by the Union of Spisz and Orawa Highlanders/ second edition/ publisher's binding, booklet/ 12.5x18.5cm/ pp. 111/ black and white photos and embellishments in the text/ good condition, minor loss of last two pages and back cover. Text clean.

Book richly illustrated with photographs and numerous woodcuts designed by Stanislaw Jakubowski ( graphic artist, painter, educator, researcher of pre-Slavic languages).

Piotr Borowy (born May 28, 1858 in Rabczyca, died January 18, 1932 in Lipnica Wielka) was a Polish peasant and independence activist, a member of the Polish delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on the annexation of Orawa and Spisz to Poland. He was self-taught, was particularly interested in religious books, and was an excellent speaker. He led an ascetic lifestyle. He spread the Catholic faith, Polish culture and patriotism in Orava. Borovsky, a man of great social authority, was called "Orava's Gazda," "Exemplary Follower of Christ," "Catholic Patriot," "Apostle of Orava" and an advocate of "provera, piykna and goodness."