Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier

Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 0803292155
ISBN-13 : 9780803292154
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Book Synopsis Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier by : Richard W. Slatta

Download or read book Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier written by Richard W. Slatta and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although as much romanticized as the American cowboy, the Argentine gaucho lived a persecuted, marginal existence, beleaguered by mandatory passports, vagrancy laws, and forced military service. The story of this nineteenth-century migratory ranch hand is told in vivid detail by Richard W. Slatta, a professor of history at North Carolina State University at Raleigh and the author of Cowboys of the Americas (1990).


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