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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
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R952
Discovery Miles 9 520
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was Argentina's leading
writer, educator, and politician of the nineteenth century, and
served as President from 1868 to 1874. Of his several
autobiographies, the best-known Recollections of a Provincial Past
is one of the indisputable classics of Spanish American literature,
as well as one of the earliest autobiographies written in the
Americas in Spanish. Written in exile in 1850, the memoirs describe
his childhood and adolescence in an Andean province whose customs
were still those of a colony. Sarmiento presents his life as the
triumph of civilization over barbarism; looking back on his youth,
he measures his wealth and strength by the accumulation of
enriching personal and political experiences. He compares himself
to the newly independent Argentina, claiming to be a historically
representative individual whose trajectory serves to illuminate
contemporary South America.
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Facundo
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
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R744
Discovery Miles 7 440
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El Chacho
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
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R505
Discovery Miles 5 050
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