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Title: Amazon Journal: Dispatches from a Vanishing Frontier
Publisher: Dutton, New York
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0525941134
ISBN 13: 9780525941132
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: DJ by Mary E. O'Boyle
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Book Type: Book

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Describes recent events in the Brazilian rain forest, and discusses the indigenous rights movement, the Brazilian gold rush, and the plight of the native Indians

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"In the late '80s and early '90s, while the world worked itself in a lather over the disappearing Amazon rain forests, reporter and filmmaker Geoffrey O'Connor found an even bigger story behind the movement. While the world turned its attention to saving the Brazilian rain forest, O'Connor found that the indigenous Indian culture was on the brink of being destroyed by loggers, miners and corrupt politicians. In turning the focus on indigenous societies caught up in the gold rush taking placing on Indian lands in the rain forest, O'Connor found a far more ambiguous and complex story beyond the simple predictable tale of Indian victims battling a virtual army of 45,000 gold miners."--The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia) "Not only recounts his own reactions to what he sees and hears in a strikingly honest way; it also analyzes the variables of greed, racism, hunger, sentimentality, adventure, idealism, violence and corruption that confuse how the Amazon is perceived."--Alan Riding, New York Times "These doubts, and the historical perspective O'Connor adopts, are the chief virtues of this book, along with his sharp, visual prose."--Michael Harris, Los Angeles Times

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