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Lost City of Z - a gripping story about an Amazon explorer

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2009

The Lost City of Z is a fascinating account of Col. Percy Fawcett, one of the last and most famous "individualist" explorers who helped to map the Amazon and became fatally obsessed with finding conclusive evidence of a sophisticated and large civilization in the Amazon jungle which he referred to as The Lost City of Z.

I started reading this book at my wife's suggestion. She went to college with the author, David Grann. I continued reading it because it was educational, fascinating, and very well written. The story of Col Fawcett is told by the author both as a well researched piece of...

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Key Information	Authors David Grann Nonfiction Category History Nonfiction Subcategory •
Book Editions	Book Editions Hardcover352February 24, 2009Doubleday9.75"(h) x 6.25"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.5 lbs.9780385513531
Professional Reviews	Professional Reviews <b><i>Boston Globe</i>:</b> "As writer David Grann makes abundantly clear in this fascinating, epic story of exploration and...