Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism is a book written in 1845 by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the second president of Argentina. Wikipedia
Originally published: 1845
Author: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Original title: Facundo: Civilización y barbarie
Published in English: 1868 (Mary Mann translation); 2003 (Kathleen Ross translation)