Download or read book Dark Horses at the Patagonian Frontier written by Jon Burrough and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patagonia is one of the 'final frontiers' on our planet: remote, untamed and much of it inaccessible except on horseback. Though travelled before and sporadically settled, it remains remarkably resistant to human trampling. Divided unequally between Argentina and Chile, Patagonia remains a land of mystery today. The history of those who settled in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries along its Andean frontier is even less known. They are the 'dark horses' of this book.Jon Burrough rode with his gaucho guide for 1,500 kilometres through this land of savage beauty. Dark Horses at the Patagonian Frontier evokes the rawness of the region using extracts from diaries, personal interviews, tales told or recorded, myths and legends--all wound round the narrative thread. Part travel record of a 'third-ager' on horseback (who was to discover he had cancer ten days out) and part history of this truly wild region, the book explores the landscapes and legacy of a pioneer culture. Illustrated with the author's own photographs, it also contains several detailed route and location maps to ensure the reader does not get lost. Dark Horses at the Patagonian Frontier is a tale both of the author's epic journey and of the remarkable pioneers he met and who showed him a hospitality and friendliness which seemed to have no limit.
Download or read book The Cloud Forest written by Peter Matthiessen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1987-01-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 20,000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego and back. He followed the trails of old explorers, encountered river bandits, wild tribesmen, and the evidence of ancient ruins, and discovered fossils in the depths of the Peruvian jungle. Filled with observations and descriptions of the people and the fading wildlife of this vast world to the south, The Cloud Forest is his incisive, wry report of his expedition into some of the last and most exotic wild terrains in the world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Download or read book Hunting Extinct Animals in the Patagonian Pampas written by Frederic Brewster Loomis and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Through the Heart of Patagonia written by Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard and published by New York : D. Appleton. This book was released on 1902 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Dark Brother written by Elena Govor and published by Newsouth Pub.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Leandro Illin and his family who settled in Australia in 1910 after roaming the world seeking a new home. Five years later, in the face of official opposition, Leandro married a Ngadjon Aboriginal woman, Kitty Clarke. Following her death in 1925 he raised their six children by himself in outback Queensland, struggling to eke out a living in the bush. Part biography, part history and part detective story, My Dark Brother is a fascinating book about an extraordinary family.
Download or read book The Wilds of Patagonia written by Carl Skottsberg and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Patagonia Wild and Free written by William H. Greenwood and published by Pehoe Ediciones. This book was released on with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1875, William Greenwood made his home in the wilds of Patagonia, a pioneer in the territory of Tehuelche Indians. There he guided expeditions into the unmapped Interior. He lived by hunting wild cattle and horses, pumas and guanacos, foxes and ostriches, then trading their hides, pelts and feathers in distant Punta Arenas. This was life on the South American Frontier, a southern version of the "Wild West". There were many adventures, but also times of hunger and hardship, with only dogs and horses for company. His life was threatened by snowstorms, by a wild bull, and by a volcanic eruption. People thought him eccentric, and a loner, but this was the land and the life that he loved. These are the memories of one of the earliest European immigrants to Southern Patagonia, written over a century ago, then lost and forgotten. No other pioneer has left a better description of those early times. His writing is humorous and wise - the voice of true experience.
Download or read book In Patagonia written by Bruce Chatwin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-03-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The masterpiece of travel writing that revolutionized the genre and made its author famous overnight An exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land, Bruce Chatwin’s exquisite account of his journey through Patagonia teems with evocative descriptions, remarkable bits of history, and unforgettable anecdotes. Fueled by an unmistakable lust for life and adventure and a singular gift for storytelling, Chatwin treks through “the uttermost part of the earth”—that stretch of land at the southern tip of South America, where bandits were once made welcome—in search of almost-forgotten legends, the descendants of Welsh immigrants, and the log cabin built by Butch Cassidy. An instant classic upon publication in 1977, In Patagonia is a masterpiece that has cast a long shadow upon the literary world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography G O written by Dan L. Thrapp and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1991-08-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes biographical information on 4,500 individuals associated with the frontier
Download or read book El Jimmy Outlaw of Patagonia written by Herbert Childs and published by Philadelphia ; London, Lippincott. This book was released on 1936 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
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Download or read book Patagonia written by Rodolfo M. Casamiquela and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indice del ContenidoINTRODUCCIC"NMuseo Leleque, Patagonia.Carlo BenettonEl Museo Leleque. Rodolto CasamiquelaEl Museo y el Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas "El Hombre Patagonico y su Medio." Maria Teresa BoschinBreve resena biografica de Pablo S. Korschenewski. Diego LewinHistoria del complejo edilicio Museo Leleque.Maria Teresa BoschinPUEBLOS ORIGINARIOSPueblos originarios.Maria Teresa BoschinPueblos originarios. Arqueologia de la Patagonia Septentrional.Maria Teresa BoschinLa Coleccion Pablo Korschenewski. Analisis del material liticoCecilia Landini y Jorge MoiranoLas sociedades indigenas historicas de la Patagonia.Rodolfo CasamiquelaCreencias religiosas de los indigenas patagonicos.Rodolfo CasamiquelaEL CONTACTOEl contacto con el "otro."Marcelo Gavirati y Julio VezubBlancos e indios en Carmen de PatagonesSilvia RattoLa politica indigena en los toldos del Caleufu (1863-1885)Julio VezubDe Gales a Patagonia.Marcelo GaviratiLA SOCIEDAD PATAGC"NICALa sociedad patagonica.Marcelo Gavirati y Julio VezubCruzando la Cordillera con familia, animales y aviosDebora Finkelstein y Maria Martha Novella"Punta de boliches." Inmigracion libanesa, poblamiento y redes comerciales en la Patagonia.Maria Teresa Boschin y Julio VezubDel "Lejano Oeste" norteamericano al "Lejano Sur" argentino. Inmigracion norteamericana en laPatagonia.Marcelo GaviratiDebates pedagogicos y control escolar a traves de los informes anuales de una escuela de laPatagonia (1919-1924).Lea Fernanda VezubLos ferrocarriles patagonicos.Diego LewinBibliografia. Cndice de autores
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Download or read book Titus Coan written by Phil Corr and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Phil Corr provides a tour de force by writing for both the biography reader and the scholar. In this hybrid work he vividly portrays the life of Titus Coan, “the pen painter,” while also filling gaps in the scholarship. These gaps include: the volume itself (no full-length published book has previously been written on Titus Coan) and the following chapters—“Patagonia,” “Peace,” and “Other Religions.” Using the unpublished thesis by Margaret Ehlke and many other primary and secondary sources, he significantly deepens the understanding of Coan in many areas. This book is presented to the future reader for the purposes of edification and increasing the scholarship of this man who lived an incredible life during incredible times.
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Download or read book The Swiss Cross a Monthly Magazine of Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
