Gauchos & the Vanishing Frontier
by Slatta, Richard W
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0803292155
- ISBN 13
- 9780803292154
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About This Item
United States : University of Nebraska Press, 1992. First paperback edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Front free endpapers has one or two small faint foxed spots, text is free from foxing Edges all neat and clean Vertical soft crease on front cover near spine 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).
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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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55495
- Title
- Gauchos & the Vanishing Frontier
- Author
- Slatta, Richard W
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First paperback edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0803292155
- ISBN 13
- 9780803292154
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 271
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
- Keywords
- Farming in Foreign Lands Argentina, Latin America, gauchos, farms, cowboys
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