{"product_id":"the-bandit-king-billy-jaynes-chandler-9780890961940","title":"The Bandit King: Lampiao of Brazil","description":"What Jesse James was to the United States, Lampi o was to Brazil, and then some. With a band that at times numbered a hundred or more, this notorious bandit confronted state armies on more than equal terms and cowed political bosses, virtually dominating large sections of his native northeastern backlands during the 1920s and 1930s. Although Lampi o was often brutal and merciless, his occasional acts of compassion, together with his exploits, have made him a folk figure in Brazil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on contemporary news accounts, archival materials, and extensive interviews by the author, this book presents the first systematic and reliable account of the famed desperado. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining Lampi o's career from his boyhood in Pernambuco to his death at Angicos, Chandler sorts fact from fiction and places the bandit in the context of the backlands, where in the early part of this century becoming a \u003ci\u003ecangaceiro\u003c\/i\u003e (bandit) was as natural and attractive to the son of a tenant or small farmer as taking a degree in law or medicine was for the sons of the Recife or Salvador elite. Chandler sees Lampi o and other \u003ci\u003ecangaceiros\u003c\/i\u003e as the inevitable products of a lawless society in which frontier conditions reminiscent of the American West persisted far into the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Billy Jaynes Chandler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0890961948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890961940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.20w x 0.72d","brand":"Billy Jaynes Chandler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992551948543,"sku":"9780890961940","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6dfde6a1-e434-4d54-be73-c2173c4a823f.jpg?v=1683319553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bandit-king-billy-jaynes-chandler-9780890961940","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}