"Fascinating work explores Ayacuchan oral tradition regarding Andrés Avelino Cáceres and Ayacucho's participation in the late-19th-century war with Chile. Analyzes 75 Quechua- and Spanish-language narratives with respect to predominant narrative motifs, transmission of oral knowledge, fidelity of the narratives to notions of historical truth, and role of these narratives in the process of regional identity formation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.