The Purple Land
William Henry Hudson was a true child of South America, born in Argentina in 1841. His parents had emigrated from the USA to begin sheep farming, and the young William grew up herding stock with local 'gauchos', the freedom-loving cowboys of the pampas, and studying the wildlife of the area. He also began writing, both for scientific journals, and increasingly, books containing his own thoughts and ideas on a wide variety of subjects. 'The Purple Land' is William Hudson's exuberant first novel. Set in the turbulent political times of Uruguay's birth, it tells the tale of European adventurer Richard Lamb, who elopes with the lovely Paquita, th…
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- ISBN: 978-1-909735-94-1
- EAN: 9781909735941
- Produktnummer: 35453919
- Verlag: Aziloth Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 202 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.1 cm 301 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 301
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