The Burning Season
The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest
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Word Count
86,000 words, Guess
Page Count
344 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8611369M
- ISBN-139781559630894
- ISBN-101559630892
- OCLC Control Number56413069
- OCLC Control Number990095194080203941
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- OCLC Control Number9519408
- Internet Archiveburningseasonmur0000revk_l8e5
- Library of Congress Control Number2004020449
- LibraryThing694712
- Goodreads553391
Classifications
- LCCSD411.52.M46R48 2004
- DDC333.75/16/092
- DDCB
Description
"A well-written and sympathetic biography of the late Chico Mendes, leader of the Acre rubber tappers who was assassinated in Dec. 1988. Uses biographical format successfully to probe the wider economic, social, and political questions of Amazonian development. Excellent for classroom use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
First Sentence
AT SIX-THIRTY ON A THURSDAY EVENING in the Amazon town of Xapuri, the bell in the spire of the yellow stucco church on the town square began to ring.
Description
Chronicles the life, work, and murder of Chico Mendes, the Brazilian environmentalist and spokesperson for rainforest preservation.
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