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

Interweaves the story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who vanished during a 1925 expedition into the Amazon, with the author's own quest to uncover the mysteries surrounding Fawcett's final journey and the secrets of what lies deep in the Amazon jungle.

Main Author: Grann, David.
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House Large Print, 2009.
Subjects:
Oldham, Helen G. tribute.
Fawcett, Percy Harrison, > 1867-1925? > Travel > Amazon River Region.
Grann, David > Travel > Amazon River Region.
El Dorado.
Explorers.
Amazon River Region > Description and travel.
Large print books.
Table of Contents:
  • We shall return
  • The vanishing
  • The search begins
  • Buried treasure
  • Blank spots on the map
  • The disciple
  • Freeze-dried icecream 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.

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