Eight Months On the Gran Chaco of the Argentine Republic
Eight Months On the Gran Chaco of the Argentine Republic

Author: Juan Pelleschi

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020309380

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This book is a fascinating account of Juan Pelleschi's eight-month expedition to the Gran Chaco region of Argentina. The book describes the people, culture, and wildlife of the region in great detail, and provides valuable insights into the history of the area. It is an essential read for anyone interested in the history and culture of South America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Eight Months on the Gran Chaco of the Argentine Republic - Primary Source Edition
Eight Months on the Gran Chaco of the Argentine Republic - Primary Source Edition

Author: Juan Pelleschi

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2013-12-08

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9781294385387

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Eight Months on the Gran Chaco of the Argentine Republic (Classic Reprint)
Eight Months on the Gran Chaco of the Argentine Republic (Classic Reprint)

Author: Giovanni Pelleschi

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9781331895497

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Excerpt from Eight Months on the Gran Chaco of the Argentine Republic The present work is neither literary nor scientific. It is a plain account of what I saw, or believed I saw, in the Chaco, and of some of the feelings I experienced. I would not seek to em bellish my tale, even had I the power, for fear of diminishing the faith of the reading public, which already seems to be small, in the narratives of travellers. It is not for the purpose of excusing the many defects of the book that I add that every page has been written in snatches, if I may so express myself, in the rare intervals of leisure afforded me by the exercise of my profession, and almost always in country places, where, all the world over, there are few conveniences for writing. Hence a polished style was my least consideration. I therefore rely on the reader's indulgence, and I shall feel rewarded, if he thinks me an attentive observer and a faithful narrator. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Complete)
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Complete)

Author: Sir James George Frazer

Publisher: Library of Alexandria

Published: 1957-01-01

Total Pages: 6687

ISBN-13: 1465538461

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For some time I have been preparing a general work on primitive superstition and religion. Among the problems which had attracted my attention was the hitherto unexplained rule of the Arician priesthood; and last spring it happened that in the course of my reading I came across some facts which, combined with others I had noted before, suggested an explanation of the rule in question. As the explanation, if correct, promised to throw light on some obscure features of primitive religion, I resolved to develop it fully, and, detaching it from my general work, to issue it as a separate study. This book is the result. Now that the theory, which necessarily presented itself to me at first in outline, has been worked out in detail, I cannot but feel that in some places I may have pushed it too far. If this should prove to have been the case, I will readily acknowledge and retract my error as soon as it is brought home to me. Meantime my essay may serve its purpose as a first attempt to solve a difficult problem, and to bring a variety of scattered facts into some sort of order and system. A justification is perhaps needed of the length at which I have dwelt upon the popular festivals observed by European peasants in spring, at midsummer, and at harvest. It can hardly be too often repeated, since it is not yet generally recognised, that in spite of their fragmentary character the popular superstitions and customs of the peasantry are by far the fullest and most trustworthy evidence we possess as to the primitive religion of the Aryans. Indeed the primitive Aryan, in all that regards his mental fibre and texture, is not extinct. He is amongst us to this day. The great intellectual and moral forces which have revolutionised the educated world have scarcely affected the peasant. In his inmost beliefs he is what his forefathers were in the days when forest trees still grew and squirrels played on the ground where Rome and London now stand.