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Book SynopsisPlaywright, journalist, and spectacularly successful governor, Carlos Lacerda was Brazil''s foremost orator in the 20th century and its most controversial politician. He might have become president in the 1960s had not the military taken over. In the words of eminent historian José Honório Rodrigues, 'No one person influenced the Brazilian historical process as much as Carlos Lacerda from 1945 to 1968.'
In this volume, the first of a two-volume biography, Professor Dulles paints a portrait of a rebellious youth, who had the willfulness of his prominent father and who crusaded for Communism before becoming its most outspoken foe. Recalling Lacerda''s rallying cry, 'Brazil must be shaken up,' Dulles traces the career of the journalist whose unsparing attacks on the men in power led authorities to imprison him and employ thugs who pummeled him physically. The story covers events in which Lacerda helped alter Brazil, such as the redemocratization in 1945 and his reve
Table of Contents
- Prologue
- Part I. Son of Maurício (1914–1931)
- Part II. Crusader for Communism (1931–1939)
- Part III. Crusader for Democracy (1939–1945)
- Part IV. Indefatigable Columnist (1946–1949)
- Part V. Director of a New Newspaper (1949–1953)
- Part VI. Dethroner of Vargas (1953–1954)
- Intermission. Journalist and Orator
- Part VII. Advocate of an Emergency Regime (1955–1956)
- Part VIII. UDN Leader in Congress (1957–1959)
- Part IX. Backer of Quadros (1959–1960)
- Part X. Candidate for Governor (1960)
- Epilogue. Governor-Elect
- Notes
- Sources of Material
- Index
- Photographs
