The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon /
Tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon
David Grann.
- 1st Vintage Departures ed.
- New York : Vintage Books, 2010.
- xi, 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-383) and index.
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.
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called "The Lost City of Z." --from publisher description
9781400078455 (pbk.) 1400078458 (pbk.)
Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925? --Travel--Amazon River Region. Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925? --Death and burial. Grann, David--Travel--Amazon River Region.