Wiesław Wernic

Wiesław Wernic (February 28 1906 in Warsaw, August 1 1986), popular Polish writer and journalist, best know 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 wiodią przez prerię". Over the next 30 years he wrote 20 books about the adventures of Doctor Ian (his alter ego) and his friend Carl 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 ("Spuren führen durch die Prärie" in German, "Stopy vedu cez preriu" in Slovak, "Stopy vedou prerii" in Czech)
* "Szeryf z Fort Benton" 1966 ("Der Sheriff von Fort Benton" in German, "Serif z Fort Betonu" in Slovak, "Seriful din Fort Benton" in Romanian)
* "Słońce Arizony" 1967 ("Die Sonne von Arizona" in German, "Slunce Arizony" in Czech)
* "Colorado" 1969 ("Colorado" in German)
* "Płomień w Oklahomie" 1970
* "Łapacz z Sacramento" 1970
* "Człowiek z Montany" 1972
* "Gwiazda trapera" 1972
* "Wędrowny handlarz" 1973
* "Przez góry Montany" 1974
* "Na południe od Rio Grande" 1975
* "Ucieczka z Wichita Falls" 1976
* "Barry Bede" 1977
* "Old Gray" 1978
* "Skarby McKenzie" 1980
* "Znikające stado" 1982
* "Wołanie dalekich wzgórz" 1983
* "Sierżant Konnej Policji" 1985
* "W Nowej Fundlandii" 1988
* "Złe miasto" 1990

Fan's pages: www.wernic.pl