01875cam a2200313 4500 335199022 ER5 20090324120000.0 080416s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008017432 9780385513531 HRD $27.50 0385513534 HRD $27.50 DLC DLC NjBwBT ER5 Grann, David. The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon / David Grann. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2009. xi, 339 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Maps on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-326) and index. 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 handsof 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. 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. Fawcett, Percy Harrison 1867-1925 Travel Amazon River Region. Fawcett, Percy Harrison 1867-1925 Death and burial. Grann, David Travel Amazon River Region. El Dorado. Explorers Amazon River Region. Amazon River Region Description and travel.