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Bolívar : American liberator / Marie Arana.
Van Pelt Library F2235.3 .A876 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arana, Marie (Writer)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830.
- Heads of state--South America--Biography.
- Heads of state.
- South America.
- South America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 603 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
- Summary:
- An authoritative portrait of the Latin-American warrior-statesman draws on a wealth of primary documents to set his life against a backdrop of the explosive tensions of 19th-century South America, providing coverage of such topics as his role in the 1813 campaign for Colombian and Venezuelan independence, his legendary love affairs and his achievements as a strategist, abolitionist and diplomat.
- Contents:
- The road to Bogotá
- Rites of passage
- The innocent abroad
- Building a revolution
- The rise and fall of Miranda
- Glimpses of glory
- The legions of Hell
- A revolution struggles to life
- The hard way west
- The way to glory
- The chosen son
- Under the volcanoes
- In the empire of the sun
- The equilibrium of the universe
- Era of blunders
- Man of difficulties
- Plowing the sea
- The general in his labyrinth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [569]-580) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781439110195
- 1439110190
- OCLC:
- 798060356
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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