The Book Prize Index

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

Andrew Revkin

"A well-written and sympathetic biography of the late Chico Mendes, leader of the Acre rubber tappers who was assassinated in Dec. 1988. Uses biographical format successfully to probe the wider economic, social, and political questions of Amazonian development. Excellent for classroom use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Mendes, chico, 1944-1988 -> BiographyArt, Music & PerformanceCrime, Policing & ViolenceMoney, Markets & Economic PolicyRegional & Local History

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Hillman Prize for Book Journalism1991WinnerOfficial source
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award1991Honorable mentionOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Chico Mendes86%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Amazon Rain Forest62%
    • Acre38%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The assassination of Chico Mendes is used to probe wider economic, social, and political questions surrounding Amazonian development.

    Model confidence 72%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    38 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.