The Guide of the Desert

The Guide of the DesertGustave Aimard was the adopted son of one of the most powerful Indian...
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Author: Aimard, Gustave,1818-1883
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The Guide of the Desert

The Guide of the Desert

€6,20

The Guide of the Desert

€6,20
Author: Aimard, Gustave,1818-1883
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Guide of the Desert

Gustave Aimard was the adopted son of one of the most powerful Indian tribes, with whom he lived for more than fifteen years in the heart of the Prairies, sharing their dangers and their combats, and accompanying them everywhere, rifle in one hand and tomahawk in the other. In turn squatter, hunter, trapper, warrior, and miner, Gustave Aimard has traversed America from the highest peaks of the Cordilleras to the ocean shores, living from hand to mouth, happy for the day, careless of the morrow. Hence it is that Gustave Aimard only describes his own life. The Indians of whom he speaks he has knownthe manners he depicts are his own. Loading in the environs of Barbara Bay, Cape Horn, I was surprised, with two companions, by the Patagonians, and made prisoner. I had the pain of witnessing from the cliffs the departure of the whaler on board of which I had entered at Havre as harpooner. We were not ill-used by our captors, but I was at length alone. One of my companions went raving mad, the other committed suicide. I was kept alive, I believe, by the spirit of hope. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 45401
Author: Aimard, Gustave
Release Date: Apr 15, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: St. John, Percy B. (Percy Bolingbroke), 1821-1889

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