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The Lost City of Z

A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

The Lost City of Z( )
Author: Grann, David
ISBN:978-0-7393-2834-7
Publication Date:Feb 2009
Publisher:Random House Large Print
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $27.50
Book Description:

After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": What happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z? In 1925, Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, vowing to make one of the most important archaeological discoveries in history. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the...
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Book Details
Pages:528
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers
History / Latin America / South America
Travel / South America / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.13 x 9.23 x 1.16 Inches
Book Weight:0.66 Pounds
Author Biography
Grann, David (Author)
David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He graduated from Connecticut College in 1989, and earned a master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and a master's degree from Boston College in creative writing. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic. His stories have been published in numerous anthologies of American writing. His books include The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon which won the Indies Choice award for the best nonfiction book of 2009, and Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.

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