02495cam a2200433 i 4500 513457128 TxAuBib 20100823120000.0 090513s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781400078455 1400078458 (OCoLC)326533874 TxAuBib rda Grann, David. The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon / David Grann. Tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon. 1st Vintage Departures ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2010. xi, 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-383) 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 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. In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called "The Lost City of Z." --from publisher description. 20100823. 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. Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925?--Death and burial. Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925?--Travel--Amazon River Region. Grann, David--Travel--Amazon River Region. Amazon River Region -- Description and travel. Explorers Amazon River Region. Amazon River Region Description and travel.