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Latin American Heroes: Liberators and Patriots from 1500 to the Present Paperback - 1993
by Jerome R. Adams
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- Title Latin American Heroes: Liberators and Patriots from 1500 to the Present
- Author Jerome R. Adams
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ballantine Group, New York
- Date 1993-04-13
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0345383842.G
- ISBN 9780345383846 / 0345383842
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.05 x 5.19 x 0.75 in (20.45 x 13.18 x 1.91 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Latin America - Biography, Heads of state - Latin America - Biography
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Dona Marina was an Indian woman whose life was deeply interwoven with Spanish conquest and settlement of the New World, a contradiction that has, for Mexicans, taken on historic proportions.
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Many North Americans are unaware of the history and politics of Latin America, and Latin American Heroes goes a long way to redress this lack of knowledge. These profiles of twenty-three history makers offer a unique view of Latin America through the eyes of men and women who devoted their lives to their countries, and to the freedom of their people.
Here are fascinating mini-biographies of such influential and important subjects as Dona Marina (La Malinche), a former slave, born in 1505, who became an invaluable translator for Cortes; Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led Haitians to rebel against their French masters in the first major slave revolt in the new world, Jose Marti, the journalist, revolutionary, poet, orator, and charismatic leader of the fight to free Cuba from Spanish domination, and the modern martyr Bishop Romero, who, as an outspoken Catholic clergyman opposed to the abuses of the rightist regime in El Salvador, was murdered for his beliefs. You'll also learn about Brazil's Emperors Pedro I and Pedro II, the Women of the Mexican Revolution, Argentina's Juan and Eva Peron, Mexico's Emiliano Zapata, Venezuela's Simon Bolivar, and Cuba's Che Guevara.
A straightforward and thoroughly researched biographical reference that amplifies some of the most significant voices in Latin America, past and present, Latin American Heroes is a long-overdue tribute to the people whose fearless struggle for self-determination changed history.
Here are fascinating mini-biographies of such influential and important subjects as Dona Marina (La Malinche), a former slave, born in 1505, who became an invaluable translator for Cortes; Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led Haitians to rebel against their French masters in the first major slave revolt in the new world, Jose Marti, the journalist, revolutionary, poet, orator, and charismatic leader of the fight to free Cuba from Spanish domination, and the modern martyr Bishop Romero, who, as an outspoken Catholic clergyman opposed to the abuses of the rightist regime in El Salvador, was murdered for his beliefs. You'll also learn about Brazil's Emperors Pedro I and Pedro II, the Women of the Mexican Revolution, Argentina's Juan and Eva Peron, Mexico's Emiliano Zapata, Venezuela's Simon Bolivar, and Cuba's Che Guevara.
A straightforward and thoroughly researched biographical reference that amplifies some of the most significant voices in Latin America, past and present, Latin American Heroes is a long-overdue tribute to the people whose fearless struggle for self-determination changed history.