RODZIEWICZÓWNA Maria - Summer of the Forest People / Edition I (1920).

Three young people - Wolverine, Panther and Crane - spend the summer in the forest wilderness. They take up residence in a wooden cabin by a lake. They farm, cultivate a garden, go hiking and help animals. They live according to the rhythm of nature and its laws.

Rodziewiczówna weaves the story unhurriedly, sometimes in a rather strained style, but it soon becomes apparent that her message is thoroughly modern. One can see in it an in-depth knowledge of the forest, animals, rural and wilderness traditions.

According to Professor Jaroslaw Marek Rymkiewicz, Rodziewiczówna's work is "a great - the greatest after Pan Tadeusz - hymn to the glory of Polishness."

EDITION I

With 6 color illustrations by Kamil Mackiewicz

Polish Publishing House in Poznan (R. Wegner), 1920

Publisher's hardcover, cloth, color illustration pasted on front cover, gilt lettering on front and spine.

Good condition, cover scuffs visible in photos, a few small spots in the text.