TY  - BOOK
AU  - Slatta,Richard W.
AU  - De Grummond,Jane Lucas
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Simón Bolívar's quest for glory
T2  - Texas A & M University military history series
AV  - F2235.3 .S66 2003eb
U1  - 980/.02/092B 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - College Station [Texas]
PB  - Texas A&M University Press
KW  - Bolívar, Simón,
KW  - Heads of state
KW  - South America
KW  - Biography
KW  - History
KW  - Wars of Independence, 1806-1830
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-333) and index; The education of a liberator -- Introduction : Bolívar 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 --; Patriot resurgence, Spanish collapse -- From frustration on the llanos to victory at Boyac, 1818-19 -- Armistice : joining with San Martín to turn the tide, 1820-21 -- Delirium over Manuela and Chimborazo, 1822 -- Final triumph in Peru, 1823-25 -- Political failure to postmortem glory -- Trying to hold Gran Colombia together, 1825-28 -- Political decline and death, 1828-30 -- From demagogue to demigod; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10046129
ER  -