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He wouldn't be king; the story of Simón Bolívar. With illus. by Camilo Egas.

By:

Baker, Nina Brown, 1888-1957 [author]

Contributor(s):

Egas, Camilo [illustrator ]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY Vanguard Press [c1941]Description: 305 pages. illustration. 21 cmSubject(s):

Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830

DDC classification:

923.28

LOC classification:

F 2235 .3 .B2 1941

Review: "SIMÓN BOLÍVAR, hailed as Liberator by the people of South America, occupies the same place in their affections that George Washington does in ours. An aristocrat and a wealthy man like Washington, he risked position, wealth, and life itself to free South America from the unhappy rule of Spain. Like Lincoln in his love for the common man, he brought about the abolition of slavery a generation before that institution was ended here. HE WOULDN'T BE KING is the first modern biography of Bolívar in English for young people, yet history provides few more exciting tales than the march across the Andes of Bolívar's small but dauntless army; it can offer few stories to compare in color and surprise with Bolivar's courageous career. Nina Brown Baker tells Bolívar's story fully and vividly. She has not only so portrayed the ideals of the man that we are the better for knowing him, but she has also given us the background that enables us to understand both Bolívar and the South America of today. " - More from the New York Times, New Books for Younger Readers, March 15, 1942.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKS	Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks	The Karen Lee Wald Collection	F 2235 .3 .B2 1941 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		NPML22070022

Reference includes a bibliography (pages 301-302) and index.

"SIMÓN BOLÍVAR, hailed as Liberator by the people of South America, occupies the same place in their affections that George Washington does in ours. An aristocrat and a wealthy man like Washington, he risked position, wealth, and life itself to free South America from the unhappy rule of Spain. Like Lincoln in his love for the common man, he brought about the abolition of slavery a generation before that institution was ended here. HE WOULDN'T BE KING is the first modern biography of Bolívar in English for young people, yet history provides few more exciting tales than the march across the Andes of Bolívar's small but dauntless army; it can offer few stories to compare in color and surprise with Bolivar's courageous career. Nina Brown Baker tells Bolívar's story fully and vividly. She has not only so portrayed the ideals of the man that we are the better for knowing him, but she has also given us the background that enables us to understand both Bolívar and the South America of today. " - More from the New York Times, New Books for Younger Readers, March 15, 1942.

Gift of Karen Wald.

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