Lost City of Z : A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

English

Series: Vintage Departures Ser.

ISBN: 1400078458

EAN: 9781400078455

Category: Travel / South America / General/Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers/History / Latin America / South America/

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Release Date: 01/26/2010

Synopsis: A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Denver PostBestseller 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.

Awards: BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction – null  BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction – null  BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction – null  BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction – null  BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction – null 

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Lost City of Z : A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.92 inches

Width: 5.18 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 15.03 oz

Pages: 448