"An interesting one-stop source for beginning students in Latin American history."
--Reference Books Bulletin
Random Web Site, July, 2001
Summary
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.