El Hernández, José 1834-1886 creator text utu 2005 monographic es 1 online resource : multiple file formats "El Gaucho Martín Fierro" by José Hernández is a narrative poem written in 1872. The work tells the story of Martín Fierro, a hardworking gaucho from the Argentine pampas who is forcibly recruited to defend the frontier. After years of abuse and hardship, he deserts and returns home to find his family scattered and his life destroyed. Driven to desperation, he becomes an outlaw, kills two men, and flees to live among indigenous peoples with his companion, Sargento Cruz. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Fierro Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Gaucho_Mart%C3%ADn_Fierro Release date is 2005-01-23 Produced by La Biblioteca Digital Argentina, formatted by Mariano Cecowski Palacio Original publication data not identified Gauchos -- Poetry PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14765 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14765 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133339.0 14765