The history of this independent and fierce counterpart to the American cowboy is described and experience through music and literature. This is an essensial part of the culture of the South Cone (Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Southern Brazil)
15. References Facundo: Civilizacion y Barbarie (2003) by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento El Gaucho Martin Fierro(1872) and La Vuelta de Martin Fierro(1979) by Jose Hernandez Tacuruses (1936) by Serafin J. Garcia El Gaucho (1968) Text by José Luis Lameza; Photographs by René Burri The Purple Land (1885) by W.H.Hudson