Far Away and Long Ago: A Childhood in Argentina

Far Away and Long Ago: A Childhood in Argentina

â€œFar Away and Long Agoâ€ is the autobiography of naturalist William Hudson, who spent the first eighteen years of his life on the Argentinean pampas. Hudson is revered in Argentina, where they refer to him as Guillermo Enrique Hudson and name streets and towns after him. In simple and stately prose, he writes about his boyhood as one of several sons in an English family that ran an estancia on the Pampas. Despite several failed attempts to school him, he managed to pick up one of the best educations available: by using his eyes and ears to study nature. His skill in language, which is considerable, came from reading his father's books on his own. Whether writing about ombu trees, plovers, snakes, lightning storms, rheas (Argentinian ostriches), or his neighboring ranchers, Hudson brought a whole world to life with this book. Hudson published â€œFar Away and Long Agoâ€ in 1917 while he was living in England. During W. H. Hudsonâ€™s time, the Argentine pampas was a land of freedom and excitement, which he describes well in this memoir. Descriptions of natural history and wildlife also abound, together with politics and interpersonal relationships of the times. You'd think Hudsonâ€™s book would give insights into Hudson's childhood and life - and it does - but more importantly it recreates the history, culture and geography of Argentina in a way few travel books accomplish. â€œFar Away and Long Agoâ€ is perhaps one of the greatest autobiographies ever written, a book that will, without question, withstand several readings.

Country	USA
Author	W. H. Hudson
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781611043648
ISBN	1611043646
Label	ReadaClassic.com
Manufacturer	ReadaClassic.com
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	190
PublicationDate	2010-12-22
Publisher	ReadaClassic.com
Studio	ReadaClassic.com
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Far Away and Long Ago: A Childhood in Argentina

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