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Bolívar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

mogar_pogar's review

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

fortunesdear's review against another edition

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4.0

*3.5

treylusk's review against another edition

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This book is everything a biography shouldn't be. 

A good biography not only teaches you about a person and the world in which they lived, but it should help you to understand the person and feel as if you know them.

This book spends pages clearing the hero of controversies and then briefly summerizes anything that could be considered interesting. In a way that makes one wonder why Boliviar is special at all.

Would not recommend 

edarena's review

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adventurous informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

tamarabuitrago's review against another edition

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5.0

Incredible war novel! Proud to truly be a part of the American Experiment :)

walkerc's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

quigonchuy's review against another edition

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dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

I read this because I had heard of him but not known much beyond his name and being known as the liberator in much of South America. Schools in Mexico and US don't cover him or South American independence movements in their history classes, so I was just hoping to learn some about their history and in that it delivered. I definitely feel like I learned about not just Bolivar, but the 6 countries he worked to liberate and their struggles for independence and self governance. 

mark_22's review against another edition

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adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

alanacca123's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

mhansen721's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0