Burning Season The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest

Name: Burning Season The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest
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ISBN: 9781559630894

ISBN-10: 1559630892

ISBN-13: 9781559630894

Edition: 1990

Authors: Andrew Revkin

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"An admirable work...compelling." "A clear, informative account of the clash in the dark heart of the rain forest." -NEW YORK TIMES "In the rain forests of the western Amazon," writes author Andrew Revkin, "the threat of violent death hangs in the air like mist after a tropical rain. It is simply a part of the ecosystem, just like the scorpions and snakes cached in the leafy canopy that floats over the forest floor like a seamless green circus tent." Violent death came to Chico Mendes in the Amazon rain forest on December 22, 1988. A labor and environmental activist, Mendes was gunned down by powerful ranchers for organizing resistance to the wholesale burning of the forest. He was a…

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 9/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 343
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English