Frontier Tales of Amazonia

By John M. G. Brown and John M.G. Brown

WITH ORIGINAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHSThe year was 1972. John M. G. Brown was a disillusioned Vietnam veteran, wounded in action and tired of war. His wife, Josie, was an antiwar radical. Their political views made them outcasts in their own land, followed by the FBI and labeled as "weathermen"-radicals aiming to overthrow the US government-without cause or provocation. At the same time, the Brazilian government began a massive homesteading program in Amazonia, offering free land to anyone brave or crazy enough to hazard the jungle, hostile Amazon tribes, and other settlers. John and Josephine went along for the ride. Based on the couple's journals, letters, contemporary newspaper accounts, and personal recollections, Frontier Tales of Amazonia describes the last great homesteading project of the Americas, when an area of land equal to every US state west of the Mississippi was up for grabs. Life was rough and wild in Amazonia. Some settlers were small families looking for a home, while others cleared vast areas of jungle using indentured workers and slave labor. It was a unique moment in time, when the modern world crashed into the primitive life and tribes of the Amazon, and John and Josie Brown were there to see it all happen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492283819
• ISBN13: 9781492283812
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"