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Bolivar

Bolivar

American Liberator

by Marie Arana

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appears in History, History, and Nonfiction.

A brilliant biography that ?reads like a wonderful novel but is researched like a masterwork of history? (Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs), this is the epic story of the famous South American general and statesman Simón Bolívar.SIMÓN BOLÍ VAR ?El Libertador?freed six countries from Spanish rule and is still the most revered figure in South Am...

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appears in History, History, and Nonfiction.

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