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Ponce de Leon: The Rise of the Argentine Republic

by William Pilling

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Dedication — Book I — The Babyhood of a Great Nation
  3. 3Chapter I — Father and Son
  4. 4Chapter II — How Don Gregorio Lopez sought an Answer to the Questio…
  5. 5Chapter III — Concerning the danger of Friendship with an Enemy
  6. 6Chapter IV — Showing how a Patriot may also be a Traitor
  7. 7Chapter V — Perdriel
  8. 8Chapter VI — In which it appears that a lesson may be well taught a…
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Twelfth August, 1806
  10. 10Book II — The Prowess of a Young Giant
  11. 11Chapter I — At the Quinta de Ponce
  12. 12Chapter II — The Yeomanry of Buenos Aires
  13. 13Chapter III — Arming the Slaves
  14. 14Chapter IV — Standing alone
  15. 15Chapter V — An Evening in the month of June
  16. 16Chapter VI — The Landing of the English
  17. 17Chapter VII — The Baptism of Fire
  18. 18Chapter VIII — Los Corrales de La Miserere
  19. 19Chapter IX — The Night of Sorrow
  20. 20Chapter X — The Council of War
  21. 21Chapter XI — The Pathways of Death
  22. 22Chapter XII — The Afternoon of the 5th July
  23. 23Chapter XIII — The Capitulation of the 6th July
  24. 24Epilogue to Books I. and II
  25. 25Appendix
  26. 26Book III — The Unknown Future
  27. 27Chapter I — At the Quinta de Don Alfonsa
  28. 28Chapter II — The Episode of the fair Mauricia
  29. 29Chapter III — Watch and Wait
  30. 30Chapter IV — The raising of the Veil
  31. 31Chapter V — To our Friends the English!
  32. 32Book IV — The Dawn of Freedom — Part I — The Brightening of the Eas…
  33. 33Chapter I — Magdalen
  34. 34Chapter II — How Don Gregorio Lopez a second time sought an Answer…
  35. 35Chapter III — Several ways of looking at one Question
  36. 36Chapter IV — How the Spaniards also proposed to themselves a Questi…
  37. 37Chapter V — How the Viceroy took Counsel with Don Roderigo
  38. 38Chapter VI — The Eve of a great Event
  39. 39Chapter VII — The 1st January, 1809
  40. 40Chapter VIII — Evaña’s Dream
  41. 41Chapter IX — The Day after
  42. 42Chapter X — America for the Americans
  43. 43Book V — The Dawn of Freedom — Part II — The Mists of the Early Morn
  44. 44Chapter I — The two Viceroys
  45. 45Chapter II — The Tertulia at the House of my lady Josefina
  46. 46Chapter III — La Junta de los Comandantes
  47. 47Chapter IV — How Don Carlos Evaña attacked the Wild-duck, and route…
  48. 48Chapter V — How the Viceroy placed a sword in the hands of the enem…
  49. 49Chapter VI — Caducó la España!
  50. 50Book VI — Liberty
  51. 51Chapter I — How the last Tie was broken
  52. 52Chapter II — How Don Gregorio Lopez for the third time sought an An…
  53. 53Chapter III — The Opening of the month of May
  54. 54Chapter IV — Dias de la Patria
  55. 55Chapter V — The 25th May, 1810
  56. 56Chapter VI — Lions in the Path
  57. 57Chapter VII — The first Fight in the War of Independence
  58. 58Chapter VIII — How General Liniers lost an important Ally
  59. 59Chapter IX — La Cabeza del Tigre
  60. 60Chapter X — Once more in the Porch together
  61. 61General Epilogue

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