The Burning Season
Subtitle: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest
Publisher: Island Press
Published: September 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781559630894
Subjects: Environmentalist thought & ideology; Political activism; Rain forest conservation; Latin America - South America; Brazil; d. 1988; Nature; Biography / Autobiography; Nature/Ecology; Mendes, Chico,; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; Trees & Forests - Rainforests; History / South America; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Amazon River Region; Biography; Conservationists
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.