Euclides da Cunha

Rebellion in the Backlands

Epic account of war in Brazilian backlands and regional rebellion

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Euclides da Cunha
Euclides da Cunha

Brazilian journalist and author of Rebellion in the Backlands (Os Sertoes), a harrowing account of the 1897 Canudos massacre that is simultaneously natural history, military history, and epic prose.

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