Backlands

by Victoria Shorr

Book Overview

Set in the sparse frontier settlements of northeastern Brazil--a dry, forbidding, and wild region the size of Texas, known locally as the Sertao--Backlands tells the true story of a group of nomadic outlaws who reigned over the area from about 1922 until 1938. Taking from the rich, admired--and feared--by the poor, they were led by the famously charismatic bandit Lampiao. The gang maintained their influence by fighting off all the police and soldiers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393246027
• ISBN13: 9780393246025
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.3"