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Journalist and author Larry Rohter was the Rio de Janeiro bureau chief for the New York Times from 1998 to 2008, and held the same role at Newsweek from 1977 to 1982. He divides his time between the US and Brazil.
In Larry Rohter, Candido Rondon has finally found not just a worthy biographer but a brilliant one. An exceptionally skilled researcher and a dazzling writer, Rohter unearthed vital new information that sweeps readers up in astonishing tales of discovery, courage, and humanity. This is an irresistible read. -- Candice Millard, author of River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Larry Rohter has written a masterful biography of Candido Rondon, one of the most extraordinary characters to emerge out of the Americas in the last century and a half. An heroic figure of epic proportions, Rondon is synonymous with the exploration of the Brazilian Amazon. But he was much more than that. One part John Muir, one part Alexander von Humboldt and one part Mahatma Gandhi, Rondon also left behind a rare personal legacy of humanism that feels both hugely relevant and sorely lacking today, with the fate of the Amazon and its Indigenous inhabitants hanging in the balance as never before. Into the Amazon is beautifully written, impressively researched, and makes for compelling reading. Larry Rohter has performed a great service by bringing Rondon, unsung for too long outside of Brazil, to a much wider audience. !Viva Rondon! -- Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che: A Revolutionary Life
