The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
In more than one sense, Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett (1867-1925?) was the last great Victorian explorer. Between 1906 and 1925, this self-trained archaeologist and former secret service agent headed into dense uncharted jungle wilderness more than half a dozen times. On his ambitious final...
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In more than one sense, Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett (1867-1925?) was the last great Victorian explorer. Between 1906 and 1925, this self-trained archaeologist and former secret service agent headed into dense uncharted jungle wilderness more than half a dozen times. On his ambitious final expedition, he set out deep into western Brazil to find a lost El Dorado that he named "Z." Neither he nor any member of his small group returned from the depths of this Amazon "green hell." Obsessed by the story, New Yorker journalist David Grann embarked on his own quest to discover the truth about the explorer who became the model for Indiana Jones.
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780385513531 (0385513534)
ASIN: 9780385513531
Publish date: 24-02-2009
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Edition language: English
A terrific adventure story, full of suspense and intrigue and lots of historical detail to keep the reader interested. I am not really a reader of adventure strories but every now and again one comes along that catches my interest and when a trusted Goodread's friend recommend this I just had to ...
4.5 starsEven though this is a nonfiction book, it reads like an adventure story, great writing. I really liked it, and I'm looking forward to seeing what to do with it in the movie.
This will make you feel like a kid again! It will ignite a Jonny Quest kind of desire for adventure, to dive into the jungle in search of lost worlds.This will also quench most desires to ever take one step closer to a jungle. "Z" is supposedly a long lost South American city of a once powerful peop...
You can see how someone, perhaps someone who goes by the alias of Kemper, would read this book and come to the conclusion that we need to destroy the rainforest immediately (see review and comments that follow for a glimpse at the behaviors of peoples who have never before come into contact with sar...
In a time when most of the world was already conquered and controlled by the "civilized" world, the Amazon remained an enigma. Dense forest, virulent diseases, dangerous animals, and unfriendly tribes meant that no matter how many explorers set out on adventure, the Amazon swallowed them whole. G...
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