About this title: Written in political exile by one of Argentina's greatest statesmen and intellectuals, this work is ostensibly a biography of the gaucho "barbarian" Juan Facundo Quiroga. It is also a complex and passionate investigation of the dialectic of civilization and barbarism. Sarmiento explores the impact of Argentinian geography on the life of the gaucho, chronicles the upbringing and the often bloody political and military adventures of Facundo, and examines the reign of Juan Manuel de Rosas, the tyrannical ruler of Argentina at the time of Sarmiento's writing.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 1998-10-01
ISBN-13:9780140436778ISBN:0140436774
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780140436778ISBN:0140436774
Description: New. Written in political exile by one of Argentina's greatest statesmen and intellectuals and long known to English-speaking readers as Life in the Argentine Republic in the Days of the Tyrants, Facundo (1845) is ostensibly a biography of the gaucho "bar... read more
"One of the few books I truly enjoyed during my freshman year "Early American Literature" class - I can't recall too much about it, but it was an interesting account of a historical period"
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