Andrew Revkin The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 1990 First Edition

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

Author: Andrew Revkin

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company 1990

Edition: First Edition

ISBN: 9780395523940

Size: 6 x 9

Synopsis: Biography of Chico Mendes, the Brazilian rubber tapper & grass-roots environmentalist who was murdered by ranchers intent on ravaging the jungle for short-term gain.

More than a biography but also a celebration of the wondrous beauty of the Amazon basin, the home of approx. 15 million species of plants and animals. A spellbinding narrative and an eloquent contribution to our understanding of the rain forest.

Overall Condition: Gently read book in a very good unclipped jacket with two small closed tears; see images.

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