[Gutenberg 23648] • Gaspar the Gaucho: A Story of the Gran Chaco
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- Authors
- Reid, Mayne
- Publisher
- Tutis Digital Pub
- Tags
- indians of south america -- juvenile fiction , adventure and adventurers -- juvenile fiction , gran chaco -- juvenile fiction , south america -- juvenile fiction
- ISBN
- 9788132015116
- Date
- 1880-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.43 MB
- Lang
- en
Thomas Mayne Reid (1818 - 1883), was an Irish- American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica.
Reid had his first poem published in Godey's Lady's Book under the pseudonym "A Poor Scholar." Books such as *The Young Voyagers* (1853) had great popularity, especially with boys. He was also very popular around the world; his tales of the American West captivated children everywhere, including Europe and Russia. Among his books, many of which were popular in translation in Poland and Russia, were *The Rifle Rangers* (1850), *Scalp Hunters* (1851), *Boy Hunters* (1853), *War Trail* (1851), *Boy Tar* (1859), and *Headless Horseman* (1865/6).