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The Deepest Wounds
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Authors: Thomas D. Rogers
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-01 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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Fight for the Forest
Language: en
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In Fight for the Forest, Chico Mendes talks of his life's work in his last major interview.