A ten year labor of love, this collection of paintings by Jacqueline Bishop and memoirs and writings by Jacqueline Bishop and others, including Maria Jos Bezerra, Ilzamar Gadelha Bezerra Mende, Raimundo Lopes Filho, Luis Tangino Oliveira, Jorge Rivasplata de la Cruz, Wade Davis, and Jonathan Maslow, documents the effort of Chico Mendes, a rubber tapper ins of Brasil, to stop the destruction of the rain forests. After his murder in 1988, Jacqueline Bishop has made a portrait of him every year and collected a wealth of information about his life, work, and death. The volume includes 16 full color prints. In English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
From the Back Cover
Despite the media's waning interest in Chico Mendes since his 1988 assassination, there still exists an unspoken global network, a telepathic connection of imaginary vines growing from the dying forest where he was born, where he lived, and where he was murdered. There will never be another Chico Mendes. From a remote jungle he touched the inner landscapes of human consciousness. He remained committed to his beliefs. He had vision. Because he was a caboclo, of mixed -Indian blood, he understood the people, the forest, and the deep-rooted problems between Indians, seringueiros, and others before him. His tools were intelligence and non-violence. Nothing could stop him, but death, murder. His assassination wounded those who never met him. The lives of those who knew and loved him were dramatically changed forever. Because of the injustice of his assassination, the mere mention of his name draws a quick line between black and white. There is no gray. There is no mystery.
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