Voices from the Amazon (Paperback)

* Stories told by indigenous peoples of the Amazon, including Indians, rubber tappers, miners, loggers, and ranchers* Suggests social and political reforms that could sustain the lives of rain forest dwellers and the planet* Written by an activist who set out by bus, truck, boat, and on foot to live with rich and poor inhabitants of BrazilFollow Le Breton through one of the Earth s last great frontiers--the Brazilian Amazon--and meet the people whose voices have too seldom been heard. "Voices from the Amazon" reveals the complexity of daily life in remote forest settlements and gritty river towns, uncovering the truth about development in the Amazon.