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Bartolomé Mitre
1821–1906
A soldier, journalist, historian, and statesman, he helped shape modern Argentina while also writing some of its best-known early national histories. His life moved between battlefields, newspapers, and government office, giving his books an unusual mix of firsthand experience and political purpose.
3 Audiobooks
Argentina, Legend and History
by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Carlos O. (Carlos Octavio) Bunge, Luis María Drago, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Pedro Goyena, Juan María Gutiérrez, Pedro Lacasa, Lucio Vicente López, Vicente Fidel López, Vicente López y Planes, Bartolomé Mitre, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Marcos Sastre
Rimas
by Bartolomé Mitre
The Emancipation of South America
by Bartolomé Mitre
About the author
Born in Buenos Aires in 1821, Bartolomé Mitre became one of the central public figures of 19th-century Argentina. He spent years in exile during the struggles around Juan Manuel de Rosas, worked as a journalist, and built a reputation as both a military leader and a political organizer before rising to national power.
Mitre served as president of Argentina from 1862 to 1868 and is widely remembered as the first president of the unified Argentine Republic. Alongside his political and military career, he was also a major man of letters: he founded the newspaper La Nación and wrote influential historical works on figures such as Manuel Belgrano and José de San Martín.
For readers, Mitre is interesting not only because of what he wrote, but because of where he wrote from. His books come from a man deeply involved in the making of the nation he described, which gives them both energy and a strong point of view.