The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

David Grann

Language: English

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.