Wojciech Misiukiewicz, Saga of ancient Wigry. About the life of Wigran in the forest villages scattered around Lake Wigry. History written with war and povertyNumber of pages: 414Year of publication: 2025, ISBN edition: 978-83-974967-7-4Illustrated: YES (color and black-and-white photographs by Wojciech Misiukiewicz)Format: 160 x 230 mm, paperback with flaps
ABOUT THE BOOK:This book is about Wigran's life. About hard work, the joys of everyday life, birth and death, the pain and suffering that wars brought, as well as about faith in Providence, which allowed them to survive… It is also a story about life in the countryside in a land so poor, where the land bore and bears mainly stones… Wigry fed and gave respite for centuries, the Augustów Forest was home and shelter for many. In this book, both native Wigry residents and newcomers who have settled here permanently, enchanted by the surrounding nature, talk about the past and present life around Wigry and in the forest. The memories of Wigry residents, recorded in the pages of this book, become a kind of historical record of human effort, without which people would not have survived in this harsh, Wigry region. I invite you on a journey through time to refresh your memory, to remember what life was like in the village of our grandmothers, grandfathers, great-grandmothers, and great-grandfathers, because without the memory of our ancestors' past, there is no future…WOJCIECH MISIUKIEWICZO ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Wojciech Misiukiewicz (ur. 1972 r. in Suwałki), forester, employee of Wigry National Park for over 25 years. Insightful observer of nature in Suwalszczyzna. His favorite objects of observation, photography, and film are mammals, and in particular the European beaver.. Author of seven books and albums, and nearly 200 publications and studies on natural history. In 2024, the nature book Wigry was published by Paśny Buriat publishing house.. Tales of the waters of the ancient lake, the dense forests covering its shores, and also of the lives of people, and especially animals amidst the post-glacial hills, lakes, forests, and boulder fields of the land called Suwalszczyzna, being a natural complement to this one you are holding in your hands.BOOK EXCERPT:„The people settling in this area never lived a prosperous life. The villages of Wigry were inhabited by very poor farmers and fishermen, who often had to fight for survival.. They were born, they founded families, they emigrated for bread, they fought and died for a free country. They built peasant communities. Contemporary villages, although very different from historical ones, still maintain ties with the past. We will notice it in the architecture of farms, preserved cemeteries, roadside crosses, and monuments. Above all, however, in the memories of people who for decades had to experience the hardships and joys of life in the Suwałki Region. Thanks to their accounts, I was able to capture on the pages of this book the history of this region from the times of World War II and the Polish People's Republic. Without the kindness of the people who were willing to share their memories with me, the history of this corner of Poland would still hold more secrets – and it is not impossible that it would have been forgotten.
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