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===Early life===
[[File:Lampião - Arquivo de 8 de agosto de 2001.jpeg|thumb|250px|Lampião tinha o hábito de ler jornais, inclusive [[O Globo]].]]
Virgulino was born on June 7, 1897, near the village of [[Serra Talhada]], on his father's 'ranch' named ''Passagem das Pedras'' in the [[semi-arid]] backlands (''[[sertão]]'') of the state of [[Pernambuco]].<ref>Chandler, p. 21</ref> He was the third of nine children of José Ferreira da Silva and Maria Lopes, a humble family of subsistence farmers. Until he was 21 years old, he worked hard herding his father's few cattle, sheep and goats, becoming a skilled rider and 'cowboy'. He was also an accomplished leathercraft artisan. Though he never attended school he was literate and used reading glasses—both quite unusual features for the rough and poor region where he lived.<ref>Chandler, pp. 22–23</ref>
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