num_pages: 532
description: At last Antonio Conselheiro's war was over. On the primitive frontier of desert and mountain in the backwoods of Brazil, fifty-two hundred houses and every man, woman, and child who lived in them had been destroyed. The ten-month-long house-to-house battle, the agony of guerrilla warfare, the bitterness of "scorched earth" retreat was ended. The federal army of Brazil had defeated the religious mystic, the fanatic street preacher, the Messiah to thousands, who had led from December, 1986, to October, 1897, the strangest of all rebellions.Yet Antonio Conselheiro's personal war did not go unsung. Os Sertões—called Brazil's greatest epic—is Euclides da Cunha's searing, moving account of Conselheiro's struggle. It is a valiant cry of protest against oppression of the weak by the strong and a wise and compassionate record of a shocking totalitarian crime perpetrated against a handful of backwoodsmen in a little-known corner of the world.In this brilliant English translation by Samuel Putnam, Rebellion in the Backlands retains its force as a classic contribution to man's understanding of the human spirit and the human struggle.
language: English
title: Rebellion in the Backlands
titlecomplete: Rebellion in the Backlands (Os Sertoes )
characters: Antônio Conselheiro
genres: Brazil, War, Politics, Portuguese Literature, Nonfiction, Literature, Romance, Classics, 20th Century, History
ratings_count: 1003
places: Canudos
publisher: University Of Chicago Press (Phoenix Books)