The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400078455)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century--the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned.

"Suspenseful...rollicking." --The New York Times

In 1925, Percy Fawcett went 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." In this masterpiece, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett's quest for "Z" and his own journey into the deadly jungle.

Look for David Grann's new book, The Wager, coming in April 2023!

Author: David Grann
ISBN-10: 1400078458
ISBN-13: 9781400078455
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2010
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.16w x 0.91d

Review Citation(s):
Outside 06/01/2015 pg. 87

About the Author
DAVID GRANN is a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker. He has written about everything from New York City's antiquated water tunnels to the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, from the hunt for the giant squid to the mysterious death of the world's greatest Sherlock Holmes expert. His stories have appeared in several Best American writing anthologies, and he has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.