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THREE great names stand forth conspicuous in the annals of America, those of Washington, Bolívar, San Martin. Of Washington, the great leader of the Democracy of the North; of Bolívar and of San Martin, who were the emancipators of the southern half of the continent. The story of the life-work of the latter of these two is the Argument of this book.
The scene of action passes on a vast theatre, a territory extending for more than fifty degrees of latitude, from Cape Horn to the Tropic of Cancer, and occupies twenty years of strife. The starting-point of this history is the Argentine revolution; it follows the course of this revolution as it spreads over the continent, and its object is to explain the laws which governed the establishment of a family of new Republics, and the fundamental principles from which they sprang. (from the Historical Introduction).
The author of the book went on to become the President of Argentina, serving from 1862 to 1868.
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/War & Military; *Non-fiction/History /Modern (19th C)
Keywords that describe the book: war, South America, liberation
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I'll fill in the MW bit by bit.
(I've done that before)