Title: Cascalhos da promessa :
Authors: Silva, Renato Ignácio da.
Date: 1980
Publisher: RENIG,
Physical description: 182 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language: Portuguese
LC classification: P
Abstract: "Adventures in hell's strip mining are ecologically inspired stories and part of series on Amazon region. Main title is mining camp's name, 'Gravel of Promise.' Technically traditional first story provides extensive data on nature and mining as well as a certain humor. In all, book is more journalistic than literary. Of special interest to mining aficionados"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subject headings (LCSH): Brazil--Fiction.; Gold miners--Amazon River Region.; Gold miners--Brazil.; Gold mines and mining--Amazon River Region.; Gold mines and mining--Brazil; Gold mines and mining--Fiction; Prospecting--Amazon River Region.; Prospecting--Brazil.