The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon / David Grann.

By:

Grann, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2009Edition: FIRST VINTAGE DEPARTURES EDITION, JANUARY 2010Description: 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:

9780385513531

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DDC classification:

918.1/1046 22

LOC classification:

F2546 .G747 2009

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Table of contents only

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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 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."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Footprints International School Library Network Toul Tom Poung Campus TTP Secondary Non-Fiction Bookshelves	Non-Fiction	GRA 918.1/1046 F2546 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	FISSE03218

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-326) and index.

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."

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