EL GAUCHO MARTÍN FIERRO / THE GAUCHO MARTÍN FIERRO.
Buenos Aires: Instituto Cultural Walter Owen, 1967. First edition. Paperback. 264p., illus., wrps. Good. Item #185998
In 1872, José Hernández published "El gaucho Martin Fierro", a narrative poem that tells the story of a gaucho who is forced to leave his wife and children to fight against native people. The work, which later became an icon of gaucho literature, acted as a criticism of President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's policy that forced gauchos to fight indigenous tribes at the border. This is a bi-lingual edition of the original Spanish work, featuring a translated version in English.
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