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The Lost City of Z

David Grann

What drove explorers to vanish in the Amazon while searching for a lost city, and what did a modern writer find when he followed?

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Author
David Grann

Why read it

  • You will see how a hunch can turn into an obsession that costs people their lives
  • You will understand why scientists long doubted that a hostile jungle could support a complex society
  • You will learn how reporters and researchers dig through old diaries and letters to rebuild a lost story

Who it is for

  • Armchair adventurers who enjoy a real mystery
  • History readers drawn to Victorian exploration
  • Anyone who has chased a dream past good sense

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. WE SHALL RETURN
  3. THE VANISHING
  4. THE SEARCH BEGINS
  5. BURIED TREASURE
  6. BLANK SPOTS ON THE MAP
  7. THE DISCIPLE
  8. FREEZE-DRIED ICE CREAM AND ADRENALINE SOCKS
  9. INTO THE AMAZON
  10. THE SECRET PAPERS
  11. THE GREEN HELL
  12. DEAD HORSE CAMP
  13. IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS
  14. RANSOM
  15. THE CASE FOR Z
  16. EL DORADO
  17. THE LOCKED BOX
  18. THE WHOLE WORLD IS MAD
  19. A SCIENTIFIC OBSESSION
  20. AN UNEXPECTED CLUE
  21. HAVE NO FEAR
  22. THE LAST EYEWITNESS
  23. DEAD OR ALIVE
  24. THE COLONEL’S BONES
  25. THE OTHER WORLD
  26. Z
  27. A NOTE ON THE SOURCES

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