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

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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

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Main Author: Grann, David
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 2010.
Edition:1st Vintage Departures ed.
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Fawcett, Percy Harrison, > 1867-1925? > Travel > Amazon River Region.
Grann, David > Travel > Amazon River Region.
El Dorado.
Explorers.
Amazon River Region > Description and travel.
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Summary: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
Physical Description:xi, 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-383) and index.
ISBN:9781400078455 (pbk.)
1400078458 (pbk.)
Author Notes:David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He graduated from Connecticut College in 1989, and earned a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and a master's degree from Boston College in creative writing. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic. His stories have been published in numerous anthologies of American writing. His books include The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon which won the Indies Choice award for the best nonfiction book of 2009, and Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.

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