The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon / David Grann.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400078455 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1400078458 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xi, 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st Vintage Departures ed.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-383) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | We shall return -- The vanishing -- The search begins -- Buried treasure -- Blank spots on the map -- The disciple -- Freeze-dried ice cream and adrenaline socks -- Into the Amazon -- The secret papers -- The green hell -- Dead Horse Camp -- In the hands of the gods -- Ransom -- The case for Z -- El Dorado -- The locked box -- The whole world is mad -- A scientific obsession -- An unexpected clue -- Have no fear -- The last eyewitness -- Dead or alive -- The colonel's bones -- The other world -- Z. |
Summary, etc.: | 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." --from publisher description |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | YA 918.1 GRANN (Text) | 33430136992146 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |