The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon / David Grann.
2009
F2546 .G747 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon / David Grann.
Author
Grann, David.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780385513531
0385513534
0385513534
Imprint
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xi, 339 p., [16] p. of plates, maps : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
F2546 .G747 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
918.1/1046
Summary
After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett had spent years building his scientific case. Captivating the imagination of millions, he embarked with his 21-year-old son, determined to prove that this ancient civilization--which he dubbed "Z"--existed. Then he and his expedition vanished. Fawcett's fate--and the clues he left behind--became an obsession for hundreds who followed him. As Grann delved deeper into Fawcett's mystery, and the greater mystery of the Amazon, he found himself irresistibly drawn into the "green hell."--From publisher description.
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Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-326) and index.
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Table of Contents
We shall return
The vanishing
The search begins
Buried treasure
Blank spots on the map
The disciple
Freeze-dried icecream and adrenaline socks
Into the Amazon
The secret papers
The green hell
Dead Horse Camp
In the hands of the gods
Ransom
The case for Z
El Dorado
The locked box
The whole world is mad
A scientific obsession
An unexpected clue
Have no fear
The last eyewitness
Dead or alive
The colonel's bones
The other world
Z.
The vanishing
The search begins
Buried treasure
Blank spots on the map
The disciple
Freeze-dried icecream and adrenaline socks
Into the Amazon
The secret papers
The green hell
Dead Horse Camp
In the hands of the gods
Ransom
The case for Z
El Dorado
The locked box
The whole world is mad
A scientific obsession
An unexpected clue
Have no fear
The last eyewitness
Dead or alive
The colonel's bones
The other world
Z.