Dark Horses at the Patagonian Frontier: Riding the Pioneer Trail by Jon Burrough

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Records the author's 1,500 km journey in vivid detail

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Patagonia is one of the final frontiers on our planet: remote, untamed and much of it inaccessible except on horseback. Though travelled before and sporadically settled, it remains remarkably resistant to human trampling. Divided unequally between Argentina and Chile, Patagonia remains a land of mystery today. The history of those who settled in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries along its Andean frontier is even less known. They are the dark horses of this book.Jon Burrough rode with his gaucho guide for 1,500 kilometres through this land of savage beauty. Dark Horses at the Patagonian Frontier evokes the rawness of the region using extracts from diaries, personal interviews, tales told or recorded, myths and legends--all wound round the narrative thread. Part travel record of a third-ager on horseback (who was to discover he had cancer ten days out) and part history of this truly wild region, the book explores the landscapes and legacy of a pioneer culture. Illustrated with the authors own photographs, it also contains several detailed route and location maps to ensure the reader does not get lost. Dark Horses at the Patagonian Frontier is a tale both of the authors epic journey and of the remarkable pioneers he met and who showed him a hospitality and friendliness which seemed to have no limit.

Author Biography

Jon Burrough's love affair with South America started over forty years ago when he explored the continent with a tape recorder, four bottles of whisky for emergencies, and the 50 pounds sterling which Harold Wilson's government then permitted travellers to take abroad. Since then he has travelled extensively in Colombia and Peru as well as in Patagonia.

Review

'[The] contents of this book provide a different view of the real Patagonia via one of its more interesting parts -- the border between two nations -- and is presented in an agreeable style in a cultured but simple language, whose reading we recommend with particular pleasure.'--Mateo Martinic B. Emeritus Professor. Research Centre for Studies of the Southern Man, Patagonian Institute, University of Magallanes, Chile

Long Description

Patagonia is one of the final frontiers on our planet: remote, untamed and much of it inaccessible except on horseback. Though travelled before and sporadically settled, it remains remarkably resistant to human trampling. Divided unequally between Argentina and Chile, Patagonia remains a land of mystery today. The history of those who settled in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries along its Andean frontier is even less known. They are the dark horses of this book.Jon Burrough rode with his gaucho guide for 1,500 kilometres through this land of savage beauty. Dark Horses at the Patagonian Frontier evokes the rawness of the region using extracts from diaries, personal interviews, tales told or recorded, myths and legends--all wound round the narrative thread. Part travel record of a third-ager on horseback (who was to discover he had cancer ten days out) and part history of this truly wild region, the book explores the landscapes and legacy of a pioneer culture. Illustrated with the authors own photographs, it also contains several detailed route and location maps to ensure the reader does not get lost. Dark Horses at the Patagonian Frontier is a tale both of the authors epic journey and of the remarkable pioneers he met and who showed him a hospitality and friendliness which seemed to have no limit.

Details ISBN1909930393 Author Jon Burrough Pages 240 Publisher Signal Books Ltd Year 2016 ISBN-10 1909930393 ISBN-13 9781909930391 Format Hardcover Short Title DARK HORSES AT THE PATAGONIAN Language English Media Book Imprint Signal Books Ltd Subtitle Riding the Pioneer Trail Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 910.4 Illustrations 32 pages of colour photos Publication Date 2016-03-24 UK Release Date 2016-03-24 AU Release Date 2016-03-24 NZ Release Date 2016-03-24 Audience General We've got this

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