Title: Facundo, or, civilization and barbarism
Description: "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 "barbarian" Juan Facundo Quiroga.".

"Combining history, sociology, and political commentary, Sarmiento explores the impact of Argentine geography on the life of the gaucho; chronicles the often bloody political and military adventures of Facundo; examines the reign of the tyrannical ruler Juan Manuel de Rosas; and ponders the future of Argentina. This edition includes an informative introduction and a chronology of Sarmiento's life and times.

It also restores the original author's note that was dropped for the 1868 English-language edition - and that is crucial to our understanding of Sarmiento and his views."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Description and travel, History, Quiroga, juan facundo, 1790-1835, Rosas, juan manuel jose domingo ortiz de, 1793-1877, Argentina, history, Argentina, description and travel, Biography, Generals, Presidents, Readers (History), Spanish language, Historia, Descripción y viajes, Descripciones y viajes, Argentina, Travel, War, Philosophy of nature, Philosophie de la nature, Cosmologie, Physique, Mechanics, Early works to 1800, Physics, Aldao, jose felix, 1785-1845, Biographie, Histoire, Descriptions et voyages, Quiroga, juan facundo , 1790-1835, Rosas, juan manuel de , 1793-1877, F2846 .s2472 2003, 981/.04, Argentina, juvenile literature
Places: Argentina, San Juan (Argentina : Province)
People: Juan Facundo Quiroga (1790-1835), Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rosas (1793-1877), José Félix Aldao (1785-1845), José Félix Aldao (d. 1845), Juan Facundo Quiroga, Juan Facundo Quiroga (1790-1835,), Juan Facundo Quirogba (1790-1835), Juan Facundo Quirogá (1790-1835), Juan Manuel Jose Domingo Ortiz de Rosas (1793-1877), Rufino Blanco-Fombona (1874-1944), Juan Facundo Quiroga (1788-1835)
Time periods: 1817-1860, 1810-