TITLE

THE LAST WILDERNESS BRAZILIAN CHRONICLE

AUTHOR(S)

Matthiessen, Peter

PUB. DATE

August 1961

SOURCE

New Yorker;8/12/1961, Vol. 37 Issue 26, p35

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article discusses the author's experiences in Brazil. The author went to a village called Orizona, where he met Clayton Templeton of the New Tribes Mission, an organization supported by different American Protestant sects. He was told about how disputes are settled in the country, either by a knife or a pistol.

ACCESSION #

22783614

 

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