El Gaucho Martín Fierro by José Hernández
"El Gaucho Martín Fierro" by José Hernández is a narrative poem written in 1872. The work tells the story of Martín Fierro, a hardworking gaucho from the Argentine pampas who is forcibly recruited to defend the frontier. After years of abuse and hardship, he deserts and returns home to find his family scattered and his life destroyed. Driven to desperation, he becomes an outlaw, kills two men, and flees to live among
indigenous peoples with his companion, Sargento Cruz. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hernández, José, 1834-1886 |
|---|---|
| Title | El Gaucho Martín Fierro |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Fierro Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Gaucho_Mart%C3%ADn_Fierro |
| Credits | Produced by La Biblioteca Digital Argentina, formatted by Mariano Cecowski Palacio |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Gauchos -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 14765 |
| Release Date | Jan 23, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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