Title: The Burning Season
First published: 1990
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.
Subjects: Deforestation, Rain forests, Rain forest conservation, Conservationists, Biography, Tropischer Regenwald, Brandrodung, Mord, Forest conservation, Amazon river and valley, Mendes, chico, 1944-1988, New York Times reviewed
Places: Brazil, Amazon River Region, Brasilien
People: Chico Mendes (d. 1988), Chico Mendes (1944-1988), Chico Mendes