Raamat annab ülevaate Eesti ajaloost ja siin elava rahva kujunemisest sõltumatuks rahvuseks. Illustreeritud fotodega.

Contents:

• Prehistoric times
• Struggle against German invasion
• Estonia under the rule of the Teutonic order
• Estonia's neighbours struggle for her territory
• Estonia under Sweden
• The peasants - from bondage to independence
• National & political awakening
• The birth of Estonian independence
• Estonia between the two world wars
• Estonia during the Second World War
• Appendix