The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
- Section
- Deane’s Library
- Type
- Book Review
- Pages
- 352
- Author
- David Grann
- Published
- 2009
- Date
- Tags
- history, south-america, travel, theater
“This is the story of several things, simultaneously. Most prominently, it’s the story of Percy Fawcett, an explorer from England who ventured into the Amazon twenty-some-odd times. He was utterly convinced there was a lost civilization somewhere therein, which he called ‘Z’ It’s also the story of…”