The Lost City of Z

[A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon]

Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, [2009]

Format: Audiobook on CD

Edition: Library edition.

Description: 8 sound discs (approximately 76 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": What happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z? In 1925, Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, vowing to make one of the most important archaeological discoveries in history. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Captivating the imagination of millions around the globe, Fawcett embarked with his twenty-one-year-old son to prove that this ancient civilization--which he dubbed "Z"--existed. Then he and his expedition vanished.

Other Authors:
Deakins, Mark.

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.

Subjects:
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 -- Talking books.
Amazon River Region -- Description and travel.

ISBN: 9781415960240

Availability
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CD TRAVEL Gra	Main (Downtown)	Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult	In
CD TRAVEL Gra	Cooper (Forest Acres)	Book on CD Nonfiction	In