Essential Sarmiento

William Acree is Professor of Spanish, American Culture Studies, and Performing Arts, Washington University in St. Louis.John Charles Chasteen is Professor Emeritus of History, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Oscar Chamosa is Associate Professor of History, University of Georgia.

"Chasteen’s translations of Sarmiento’s writings are delightful reads. Chasteen is a master translator and shows his chops again here. The new translation of excerpts from Facundo especially captures the beauty of the original prose and reminds why—despite the morally complicated views contained therein—the work is still a canonical masterpiece of Latin American literature. Meanwhile, Acree's Preface provides a concise ‘instructor’s manual’ for how to use the text, and Chamosa’s Introduction is hands down one of the most eloquent accounts of Sarmiento’s life and its relationship to the birth and evolution of the United Provinces/Republic of Argentina ever written in English."—Michael Huner, Grand Valley State University