The last of the tribe : the epic quest to save a lone man in the Amazon

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The last of the tribe : the epic quest to save a lone man in the Amazon / Monte Reel.

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Recounts the story of the men who ventured deep into the Amazon to find and protect the last Brazilian Indian and explains how businesspersons, politicians, territorial farmers, and the Indian himself marred an effort to save the Indian.

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ISBN: 9781416594741
ISBN: 1416594744
ISBN: 9781416594758
ISBN: 1416594752
Physical Description: ix, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 1. The hut -- 2. Going native -- 3. A land without men -- 4. The village -- 5. The accidental environmentalist -- 6. Windows to his world -- 7. Savages -- 8. Letting go -- 9. Battle lines -- 10. The corridors of power -- 11. Neither beast nor god -- 12. Larger than life -- 13. One more shot -- 14. A new beginning -- 15. A nation of one.

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Subject:: Indians of South America > Brazil > Social conditions.
Indians of South America > Guaporé River Valley (Brazil and Bolivia) > Social conditions.
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Guaporé River Valley (Brazil and Bolivia) > Social conditions.
Guaporé River Valley (Brazil and Bolivia) > Discovery and exploration.
Discoveries in geography.
Indians of South America > Social conditions.
Social conditions
Wild men.
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Native Americans > Guaporé River Valley (Brazil and Bolivia) > Social conditions.
Guaporé River Valley (Brazil and Bolivia) > Exploration.
Genre:: Nonfiction.

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