Fawcett was an experienced and seasoned explorer with incredibly physical and mental resilience against the climate, diseases, bugs and animals the Amazon greeted him with. As Grann delved deeper into Fawcett's mystery, and the greater mystery of the Amazon, he found himself irresistibly drawn into the 'green hell.'-From publisher description. The Lost City of Z recounts how Percy Fawcett, his son and his sons friend set off into the Amazon rainforest in 1925 to find the City of Z, or El Dorado. Fawcett's fate-and the clues he left behind-became an obsession for hundreds who followed him. Captivating the imagination of millions, he embarked with his 21-year-old son, determined to prove that this ancient civilization-which he dubbed 'Z'-existed. But Fawcett had spent years building his scientific case.

Published in 2009, the book recounts the activities of the British explorer Percy Fawcett who, in 1925, disappeared with his son in the Amazon rainforest while looking for the ancient 'Lost City of Z'. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. I really feel the writer did a splendid job of jumping around and also pacing the book, to make sure that when you get to the last expedition, you’re well versed in the context in addition to prepared to acknowledge why factors went down the method they did. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon is a non-fiction book by American author David Grann. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering El Dorado.

In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization. After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve 'the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century': what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett.

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