Born among the scenes he describes and educated at Stonyhurst in England, Ramón Páez sets out across the great grassy plains of Venezuela and records the life of the llaneros, the hard-riding herdsmen of the cattle country. He writes of horses and cattle, jaguars, snakes and remedies such as the guaco plant, floods and droughts, and the political turmoil of his homeland.
Lively first-hand travel writing for readers drawn to South America and the cowboy cultures of the world. Download the free EPUB.