Stepovvy, Yurko

ZV'YAZKOVA VIRA . [THE MESSENGER FAITH]

Munich; M. Kvhylovoho, 1948. Item #33696

Original Wrappers. 8vo. 67 pages. 21 cm. First Edition. In Ukrainian. Written by Theodore Pestushko under the pseudonym Yurko Stepovvy. A fictionalized account of the author’s experiences with the Steppe Division of the Ukrainian National Republic Army. Active in the later part of the Ukrainian Revolution, the UNR was a largely peasant based army fighting against Bolsheviks in Western Ukraine. Pestushko became a leading member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, and wrote about the movement for Ukrainian Independence upon settling in the United States after World War II. Subjects: Ukraine -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Fiction. OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide. Some age toning and edgewear. Backstrip has tears, and is partially absent. Internally very good. (UKR-1-28) xxx.

Price: $125.00