Simón Bolívar
Subtitle: ensayo de interpretación biográfica a través de sus documentos
By: Tomás Polanco Alcántara.
Edition: 1. ed. venezolana.
Publisher: EG
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Caracas
Language: spa
Number of pages: 1033
Subjects: Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830.; Heads of state -- South America -- Biography.; South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
Description: "Prize-winning Venezuelan historian challenges the idealized image of Bolívar by portraying him as a human being 'who had virtues and made mistakes, who had strong passions and realized extraordinary achievements.'  Scholarly, readable biography based primarily on Bolívar's own writings"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.