The Lost City of Z

The Lost City of Z

Published:
2009
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ISBN:
9780385529228
Meeting:
2018-09-10 (meeting #20)
Chosen by:
Cayce
Pages:
376
File size (e-book):
3.8 MB
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Description:

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.”  In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century.

Author Details:

David Elliot Grann is an American journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author. His first book, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, was published by Doubleday in February 2009.