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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226038067 Title: The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon Author: David Grann Publisher: New York : Doubleday, ©2009. ISBN/ISSN: 9780385513531 0385513534 9780525434658 0525434658 OCLC:226038067

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

Author:	David Grann
Publisher:	New York : Doubleday, ©2009.
Series:	New York Times best sellers.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving Read more...
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Subjects	Fawcett, Percy Harrison, -- 1867-1925 -- Travel -- Amazon River Region. Fawcett, Percy Harrison, -- 1867-1925 -- Death and burial. Grann, David -- Travel -- Amazon River Region. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Travel writing
Named Person:	Percy Harrison Fawcett; Percy Harrison Fawcett; David Grann; Percy Harrison Fawcett; David Grann; Percy Harrison Fawcett
Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	David Grann Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780385513531 0385513534 9780525434658 0525434658
OCLC Number:	226038067
Notes:	Maps on lining papers.
Description:	xi, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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.
Series Title:	New York Times best sellers.
Responsibility:	David Grann.
More information:	Table of contents

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After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett had spent years building his scientific case. Captivating the imagination of millions, he embarked with his 21-year-old son, determined to prove that this ancient civilization--which he dubbed "Z"--Existed. Then he and his expedition vanished. Fawcett's fate--and the clues he left behind--became an obsession for hundreds who followed him. As Grann delved deeper into Fawcett's mystery, and the greater mystery of the Amazon, he found himself irresistibly drawn into the "green hell."--publisher description.

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