Author: David Grann
Type: Audiobook
Narrator:Mark Deakins
Genre: Non-Fiction
Series: No
Time: 10 hours 4 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Publisher: Random House Audio
Rating: 4 out of 5
Summary: from good reads
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the world. A quest for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Lost City of Z is a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies beneath the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon.
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, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. For centuries Europeans believed the world’s largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett, whose daring expeditions helped inspire Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, had spent years building his scientific case. Captivating the imagination of millions around the globe, Fawcett embarked with his twenty-one-year-old son, determined to prove that this ancient civilization—which he dubbed “Z”—existed. Then he and his expedition vanished.
Fawcett’s fate—and the tantalizing clues he left behind about “Z”—became an obsession for hundreds who followed him into the uncharted wilderness. For decades scientists and adventurers have searched for evidence of Fawcett’s party and the lost City of Z. Countless have perished, been captured by tribes, or gone mad. As David Grann delved ever deeper into the mystery surrounding Fawcett’s quest, and the greater mystery of what lies within the Amazon, he found himself, like the generations who preceded him, being irresistibly drawn into the jungle’s “green hell.” His quest for the truth and his stunning discoveries about Fawcett’s fate and “Z” form the heart of this complex, enthralling narrative.
Feelings:
This story held my attention the entire time I was listening to it. It follows Fawcett on his quests in the Amazon as his obsession grows and he looks for Z. As with history we know that Fawcett disappears and thus as we follow him and the reporter as they search for the City of Z we wonder if we can find the city Fawcett was searching for and if the Amazon can keep secrets that held hundreds of people captivated "what happened to Cornal Fawcett, his son Jack, and Jack's best friend Raleigh Rimmell?"
The story also gives a glimpse of what life is like in the Amazon and what it might have been like for explorers. I enjoyed the history and archeological findings that went into the telling of the story.
I'm not surprised that there is a movies in the works based off this book. It was absolutely fascinating. I highly recommend it.
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