AuthorSlatta, Richard W., 1947-
TitleSimโon Bolโivar's quest for glory [electronic resource] / Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond
Imprint College Station [Tex.] : Texas A & M University Press, c2003
Edition 1st ed
Connect tohttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=102418
Descript xii, 344 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm

CONTENT

The education of a liberator -- Introduction : Bolโivar and Washington -- A young man seeks his destiny, 1783-1806 -- Stirrings of independence, 1807-10 -- Struggling for independence -- Disasters for the foolish Fatherland, 1811-12 -- Victories from Mompox to Araure, 1812-13 -- Spain's reconquest of its colonies -- Boves and royalist resurgence, 1814-15 -- Regrouping in Jamaica, 1815-16 -- From optimism at Aux Cayes to disaster at Ocumare, 1816 -- Frustration from Jacmel to Guayana, 1816-17 --


SUBJECT

  1. Bolโivar
  2. Simโon
  3. 1783-1830
  4. South America -- History -- Wars of Independence
  5. 1806-1830
  6. Heads of state -- South America -- Biography
  7. Electronic books.