Digby Brand, Patagonian Pioneer

Digby Brand, Patagonian Pioneer

Digby Brand was the son of an English vicar. He grew up in rural England, then in about 1900 he emigrated to Argentina. He worked on sheep and cattle estancias and travelled over most of Patagonia. He met and fell in love with Charlotte Tyndale, whose family were among the Welsh settlers. He crossed the continent to establish a new estancia high in the Andes, in desolate and unexplored country. Eventually they married, crossed the Pampas to the Andes together, raised their family and lived a life of romance, struggle and drama.

The book describes their lives, etched against the history of Patagonia and the Welsh settlement, as they faced the harsh country and climate, hardship and isolation, joy and tragedy.

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Digby Brand

Patagonian Pioneer

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