This Elibron Classics book is a reprint of a 1886 edition by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York. The title character of this short novel is a Cossack who, along with his two sons, joins his people\'s war with Poland. Set in the 17th century, the novel depicts the grim fates of the three Bulbas after one of the sons, Andri, deserts the Cossack forces to be with a Polish woman. The novel is particularly noted for its descriptions of the landscape of Gogol\'s native Ukraine.