A pioneer in Patagonia
The remarkable life of Santiago de Larminat
Autor:
Larminat-Ginhson-Graham-Yooll
Editorial:
El Ateneo
I.S.B.N: 950-02-5934-6
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"Cerro de los Pinos" is a very personal portion of Argentine Patagonia, it is a great estancia that a pioneer French family built close to San Martín de los Andes, on the magnificent river Chimehuín, well known to fishermen all over the world.With much love and a remarkably easy style, Miguel de Larminat tells the story of his grandfather´s undertaking started and developed with his brothers: from the selection of the site, through the purchase of the land in 1910, the difficulty of travel in those times, the early wooden houses and those that came later, built with stone, the first flock of sheep driven across the river, to the first harvest...
Seven Larminat brothers fought for France in the Great War.
Don Santiago´s impressive War Diary enriches this book, which is illustrated with his picturesque watercolors and interesting period photographs.
The development of the estancia, as the years passed, the routine and improvements of rural work in the midst of a wilderness both rough and prodigal, the homemade foods, the national holidays and the family celebrations, the efforts to forest the mountain which was pursued without pause, the building of the chapel and of the first bridge that failed, are stories that mix with unforgettable memories of great and trivial events to form a captivating narrative, with all the authentic flavor of an impressive human endeavor, now almost centenarian.
