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Author Grann, David, author

Title The lost city of Z a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon / by David Grann.

Publication Info. New York : Random House Large Print, 2009.

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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  LARGE PRINT 918.11 GRA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Large Print Materials  LP 918.1 GRA    Check Shelf
Description 513 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents We shall return -- The vanishing -- The search begins -- Buried treasure -- Blank spots on the map -- The disciple -- Freeze-dried icecream 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 Interweaves the story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who vanished during a 1925 expedition into the Amazon, with the author's own quest to uncover the mysteries surrounding Fawcett's final journey and the secrets of what lies deep in the Amazon jungle.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925 -- Travel -- Amazon River Region.
Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925 -- Death and burial.
Grann, David -- Travel -- Amazon River Region.
Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.
El Dorado.
Explorers -- Amazon River Region.
Genre/Form Large type books.
Large type books.
ISBN 9780739328347 (lg. print)
0739328344 (lg. print)
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