Stringing Together a Nation: Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon and the Construction of a Modern Brazil, 1906-1930Focusing on one of the most fascinating and debated figures in the history of modern Brazil, Stringing Together a Nation is the first full length study of the life and career of C ndido Mariano da Silva Rondon (1865 1958) to be published in English. In the early twentieth century, Rondon, a military engineer, led what became known as the Rondon Commission in a massive undertaking: the building of telegraph lines and roads connecting Brazil's vast