Bibliograph

The lost city of Z, a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon, David Grann

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The lost city of Z, a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon, David Grann

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-383) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The lost city of Z

Responsibility statement

David Grann

Series statement

New York Times best sellers

Sub title

a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon

Summary

"In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization located deep in the deadly wilderness. He never returned. In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann tells the epic story of Fawcett's quest for this 'Lost City of Z," and unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century."--page 4 of cover

Table Of Contents

We shall return -- The vanishing -- The search begins -- Buried treasure -- Blank spots on the map -- The disciple -- Freeze-dried ice cream 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

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