| CONTENTS
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| BOOK I | |
| THE BABYHOOD OF A GREAT NATION | |
| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| Prologue | 3 |
| I. | Father and Son | 5 |
| II. | How Don Gregorio Lopez sought an Answer to the Question of the Day | 11 |
| III. | Concerning the danger of Friendship with an Enemy | 20 |
| IV. | Showing how a Patriot may also be a Traitor | 29 |
| V. | Perdriel | 36 |
| VI. | In which it appears that a lesson may be well taught and yet not learned | 47 |
| VII. | The 12th August, 1806 | 53 |
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| BOOK II | |
| THE PROWESS OF A YOUNG GIANT
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| Prologue | 61 |
| I. | At the Quinta de Ponce | 63 |
| II. | The Yeomanry of Buenos Aires | 71 |
| III. | Arming the Slaves | 78 |
| IV. | Standing alone | 85 |
| V. | An Evening in the month of June | 93 |
| VI. | The Landing of the English | 100 |
| VII. | The Baptism of Fire | 110 |
| VIII. | Los Corrales de La Miserere | 117 |
| IX. | The Night of Sorrow | 121 |
| X. | The Council of War | 131 |
| XI. | The Pathways of Death | 141 |
| XII. | The Afternoon of the 5th July | 152 |
| XIII. | The Capitulation of the 6th July | 158 |
| Epilogue to Books I. and II.: The Monuments and the Rewards of Victory | 162 |
| Appendix: The Court Martial | 163 |
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| BOOK III | |
| THE UNKNOWN FUTURE
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| Prologue | 167 |
| I. | At the Quinta de Don Alfonso | 169 |
| II. | The Episode of the fair Mauricia | 175 |
| III. | Watch and Wait | 187 |
| IV. | The raising of the Veil | 193 |
| V. | To our Friends the English! | 202 |
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| BOOK IV | |
| THE DAWN OF FREEDOM | |
| PART I.--THE BRIGHTENING OF THE EASTERN SKY
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| Prologue | 213 |
| I. | Magdalen | 215 |
| II. | How Don Gregorio Lopez a second time sought an Answer to the Question of the Day | 223 |
| III. | Several ways of looking at one Question | 227 |
| IV. | How the Spaniards also proposed to themselves a Question, and how Don Carlos EvaÑa prepared an Answer | 234 |
| V. | How the Viceroy took Counsel with Don Roderigo | 242 |
| VI. | The Eve of a great Event | 249 |
| VII. | The 1st January, 1809 | 258 |
| VIII. | EvaÑa's Dream | 267 |
| IX. | The Day after | 273 |
| X. | America for the Americans | 279 |
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| BOOK V | |
| THE DAWN OF FREEDOM | |
| PART II.--THE MISTS OF THE EARLY MORN
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| Prologue | 287 |
| I. | The two Viceroys | 289 |
| II. | The Tertulia at the House of my lady Josefina | 298 |
| III. | La Junta de los Comandantes | 307 |
| IV. | How Don Carlos EvaÑa attacked the Wild-duck, and routed them with great slaughter | 313 |
| V. | How the Viceroy placed a sword in the hands of the enemies of Spain | 323 |
| VI. | CaducÓ la EspaÑa! | 331 |
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| BOOK VI | |
| LIBERTY
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| Prologue | 347 |
| I. | How the last Tie was broken | 349 |
| II. | How Don Gregorio Lopez for the third time sought an Answer to the Question of the Day | 356 |
| III. | The Opening of the month of May | 360 |
| IV. | Dias de la Patria | 367 |
| V. | The 25th May, 1810 | 375 |
| VI. | Lions in the Path | 383 |
| VII. | The first Fight in the War of Independence | 388 |
| VIII. | How General Liniers lost an important Ally | 397 |
| IX. | La Cabeza del Tigre | 401 |
| X. | Once more in the Porch together | 408 |
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| GENERAL EPILOGUE
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| I. | The Viceroyalty of Buenos Aires | 419 |
| II. | The Year 1810 | 420 |
| III. | Paraguay | 422 |
| IV. | The Banda Oriental | 422 |
| V. | The Army of Upper Peru | 424 |
| VI. | The Sovereign People | 427 |
| VII. | The Congress of Tucuman | 433 |
| VIII. | Independence | 434 |
