Verloren in der Steppe. [Lost in the Steppes, a Mennonite Bildungsroman] de Dyck, Arnold, 1889-1970 - 1944

Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada : Selbstverlag des Verfassers ; [Druck von Prairie Press, North Kildonan, Winnipeg, Canada], 1944., 1944. Very Good. 127 pp. ; Volume 1 (unstated) of 5 ; illustrated ; 19 cm. ; LCCN: 85-128126 ; OCLC: 12550566 and OCLC: 12550566; LC: PT3919.D9; Dewey: 833/.912 ; 1st volume of the scarce serialized novel by Arnold Dyck, completed after the fifth volume in 1948 ; text in German ; yellow paper wrappers with black lettering ; pen and ink illustrations by the author ; "Arnold Dyck wrote and published Verloren in der Steppe in five slender volumes. The first edition was small.. " ; "[The] theme of young men desiring to escape from life on the farm appears often in Mennonite literature, and is central to Low German writer Arnold Dyck's Verloren in der Steppe" ; slight wear, else VG