Why read The Unconquered?

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary true story of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet's last uncontacted indigenous tribes.

Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately…

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1 author picked The Unconquered as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Alex Cuadros

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This book achieved the rare feat of keeping me in suspense with an inherently dramatic narrative while satisfying my intellectual curiosity about a place that, at the time, I knew little about. On one level, it’s a classic Amazon adventure—the story of a jungle expedition—but on another, it’s a history of Brazil’s forced contacts with isolated Indigenous groups.

Along the way, you also get the rich texture of the rainforest itself.

From Alex's list on the Amazon rainforest and the amazing people who live there.