Education
Warsaw School of Economics.
Warsaw School of Economics.
During World 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 first Wild West book "Tropy wiodą przez prerię". Over the next 30 years he wrote 20 books about the adventures of Doctor John (January in Polish.
His alter ego) and his friend Charles (Karol in Polish) 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 Czechoslovakian 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 Czechoslovakian)
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 Czechoslovakian)
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
West Nowej Fundlandii 1988
Złe miasto 1990
Fan"s pages: www.wernic.info.