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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Freshly married naif gets mixed up in a Uruguayan civil war. During his derring-do adventures, every senora or senorita who crosses his path falls in love with him. Think [b:All the Pretty Horses|469571|All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)|Cormac McCarthy|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1341082426s/469571.jpg|1907621], only with less Spanish and more quotation remarks. This woild be consigned to the basement of historical relics would it not be for the profound knowledge that Hudson, a naturalist, demonstrates for the flora and fauna of his birthland, and the occasional vignettes of the obsessively beef-eating people of the pampas. The 1904 edition has charming woodcuts. A picaresque, sometimes comic travelogue in novel form depicting the adventures of a daring young Englishman in Uruguay. First published in 1885, the book is beautifully written, and provides fascinating insights into the hopes and perils of partisanship during periods of political upheaval, the willfully simple lives of rural people undergoing the transition to modernity, and the connection between people, flora and fauna in an obscure corner of South America. A book about living in the world. Highly recommended. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Travel with dashing protagonist Richard Lamb as he explores the then-largely untraveled vistas of South America. Although he was a product of the period of British imperialism, author William Henry Hudson paints an unusually sympathetic and sensitive portrait of the inhabitants of Uruguay and nearby regions. This masterwork of colonial-era literature is a fascinating read for fans of the action-adventure genre. .No library descriptions found. |
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A magical adventure book, all in all, and I'm very glad I read it. ( )