num_pages: 144
description: Chico Mendes--a name synonymous with the battle to save the rain forest--was a Brazilian rubber tapper and homegrown environmentalist who was killed in December 1988 by ranchers intent on ravaging the jungle for short-term gain. Now an award-winning journalist has written a deeply affecting book about the life and death of this courageous, passionate man. Two 8-page photo inserts.
language: English
title: The Burning Season
titlecomplete: The Burning Season (Movie Tie-In)
genres: Politics, Historical, Ecology, Nonfiction, True Crime, Journalism, History, Environment, Science, Brazil
ratings_count: 148
places: Amazon Rainforest
publisher: Plume