The Unconquered tells the extraordinary tale of a journey into the deepest recesses of the Amazon to track one of the planet’s last uncontacted indigenous tribes. In this gripping first-person account of adventure and survival, the author follows a 34-man team into the Amazon’s uncharted depths, discovering the rainforest’s secrets while moving ever closer to a possible encounter with the mysterious flecheiros – or “People of the Arrow” – a seldom-glimpsed tribe of deft archers known to defend their lands with showers of deadly arrows before melting back into the forest shadows.
Amazon Watch is proud to support the launch of The Unconquered, a book that compellingly illustrates the crucial but increasingly precarious role indigenous peoples play in the survival of the world’s largest rainforest. The protection of uncontacted tribes – and of the globe’s most remote regions in which they live – is of fundamental importance to the rest of us. As go uncontacted indigenous peoples, so goes the Amazon; and that has global implications for the future of humanity.
Meet the Author
In addition to purchasing the book, you can meet Scott Wallace on his book tour this fall. Schedule as follows; stay tuned for additional events.
- Tuesday, October 18: The Unconquered Launches
- Thursday October 20, Miami Beach: Books & Books
927 Lincoln Road # 118, Miami Beach, Fla. 33139. More information at: 305.532.3222
7:00pm – Reading from The Unconquered - Thursday-Friday October 20-21, Miami: Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference
Friday, October 21, 3:00pm – panelist, “Indigenous People and Climate Change.”
Available for press interviews at other times. Contact Ellen Folan, Crown Publishing: 202.782.8944; efolan@randomhouse.com - Monday, October 24, New York City: The Half-King
505 West 23rd Street (10th Avenue), New York, NY 10011. More information at: 212.462.4300
7:00pm – The Monday Reading Series. - Thursday, November 3, Washington, DC: National Geographic Live! “Quest for Adventure” Lecture Series
Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic Society, 1745 M St. NW, Washington, DC 20036
7:30pm – “The Unconquered: Brazil’s Arrow People.”
Tickets at nationalgeographic.com or National Geographic Box Office: 202.857.7700. - Monday, November 7, New York City: The Explorers Club
46 East 70th Street, New York. Tel: 212.628.8383
7:00pm – Monday Night Lecture, open to the public: “Uncontacted Tribes of the Amazon.”
Tickets at explorers.org. - Wednesday, November 9, Santa Cruz, CA: Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue, Capitola, Calif. 95010. More information at: 831.462.4415
7:30pm – reading from The Unconquered - Thursday, November 10, Menlo Park, CA: Kepler’s Books
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025. More information at: 650.324.4321
7:00pm – Reading from The Unconquered - Friday, November 11, Pt Reyes Station, CA: Pt Reyes Books
11315 State Route 1, Point Reyes Station, Calif. 94956. More information at: 415.663.1542
7:00pm – reading from The Unconquered - Saturday, November 12, Berkeley, CA: Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore
2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, Calif. 94705. More information: 510.704.8222
4:00pm – Reading from The Unconquered - Sunday, November 13, Corte Madera, CA: Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera, Calif. 94925. More information at: 415.927.0960
4:00pm – Sunday Reading Series, reading from The Unconquered - Tuesday, November 15, Portland, OR: Powell’s City of Books
1005 W. Burnside, Portland, OR 97209. More information at: 503.228.4651
7:30pm – reading from The Unconquered - Wednesday, November 16, Seattle, WA: Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122. More information at: 206.624.6600
7:00pm – reading from The Unconquered and multimedia show on the Amazon’s uncontacted tribes - Tuesday, November 22, Washington, DC: Busboys and Poets
Langston Room, 2021 14th Street, NW (14th and V Streets) Washington, DC 20036
7:00pm – “The Unconquered: Brazil’s Arrow People.”
