When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder, and a Clash of Worlds in the Amazon

Author/Contributor(s):	Cuadros, Alex
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Date:	12/03/2024
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

"Growing up in a remote corner of the world's largest rainforest, Pio, Maria, and Oita learned to hunt wild pigs and tapirs, gathering Brazil nuts and aðcaâi berries from centuries-old trees. Then the first highway pierced through; ranchers, loggers, and prospectors invaded; and they lost their families to terrible new weapons and diseases. Pushed by the government to assimilate, they struggled to figure out their new, capitalist reality, discovering its wonders as well as its horrors. They ended up forging an uneasy symbiosis with their white antagonists--until decades of suppressed trauma erupted into a massacre, an act of retribution that made headlines across the globe. Based on six years of immersive reporting and research, [this book] tells a unique kind of adventure story, one that begins with a river journey by Teddy Roosevelt and ends with smugglers from Antwerp and New York City's Diamond District"--