The Lost City of Z

  Copyright © 2005, 2009 by David Grann

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grann, David.

  The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon / by David Grann. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  1. Amazon River Region—Description and travel. 2. El Dorado. Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867–1925?—Travel—Amazon River Region. Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867–1925?—Death and burial. 5. Grann, David—Travel—Amazon River Region. 6. Explorers—Amazon River Region. I. Title.

  F2546.G747 2008

  918.1′1046—dc22 2008017432

  eISBN: 978-0-385-52922-8

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