The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon

Grann, David2017

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"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.

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Main title:

The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon / by David Grann.

Author:

Grann, David

Edition:

1st ed.

Imprint:

Collation:

xi, 400, 14 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Series title:

New York Times best sellers

Notes:

Includes excerpt from "Killers of the Flower Moon" by the author.Now a major motion picture -- front cover.Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-383) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780525434658 (paperback)

Dewey class:

918.11

Language:

English

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