The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Language: English
1867-1925? Adventurers & Explorers Amazon River Region Biography & Autobiography Death and burial Description And Travel Discovery And Exploration (General) El Dorado Expeditions & Discoveries Explorers Fawcett; Percy Harrison; General History History - General History History: World Latin America Latin America - South America South America Travel
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: Jan 5, 2010
Description:
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **A *New York Times*, *USA Today*, *Wall Street Journal*, *Washington Post*, *Boston Globe*, *San Francisco Chronicle*, *Los Angeles Times*, and *Denver Post* Bestseller** 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.” In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century.