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Review: The Lost City of Z by David Grann

Mar 07, 2009 19:50

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

by David Grann

In 1925, renowned explorer Pe

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fashion_piranha March 8 2009, 05:33:36 UTC

It was really frickin' cool. :D I'm having a good run of books lately, March seems to be my lucky month!

ext_98642 March 8 2009, 06:08:23 UTC

Wonderful review. I have this one sitting in a pile of ARCs waiting to be read.

elfbiter March 8 2009, 19:37:07 UTC

According to at least one guy who had access to Fawcett's remaining family papers, Fawcett would have planned to stay in the jungle and create an utopias commune. Does the writer refer to these claims?

k00kaburra March 8 2009, 19:41:31 UTC

Writer Grann does mention that theory as he works on his own research, but after his own study of documents (including some family documents that I believe he received through Fawcett's granddaughter; I don't have the book in front of me so I can't check for sure) did not come to the same conclusion.

http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/ anonymous March 10 2009, 04:26:56 UTC

I really liked this one too. It was fun to read such an entertaining nonfiction book.

ext_138899 March 11 2009, 16:40:06 UTC

I’m just dropping by to let you know that I’ve given you an award! http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2009/03/awards-roundup.html