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Bolivar : American liberator / Marie Arana. {B}

Summary:

An authoritative portrait of the Latin-American warrior-statesman examines his life against a backdrop of the tensions of nineteenth-century South America, covering his achievements as a strategist, abolitionist, and diplomat.

Record details

ISBN: 9781439110195 :
ISBN: 1439110190 :
Physical Description: 603 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-580) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.