Fawcett's wife, Nina, waits for his return and dies disappointed. Over the years, many wannabe explorers try to find Fawcett's whereabouts in the jungle. And as we've already told you, they never return. For his final expedition, Fawcett brings his buff son, Jack, and Jack's friend, Raleigh. He becomes more desperate to find Z before he's too old to even reach V or W. As if the potential for deadly infections isn't dangerous enough in the jungle.Īs Fawcett ages, his sturdy constitution declines. On another occasion, Fawcett's financier doesn't even make it into the jungle before becoming embroiled in a prostitution scandal. On one occasion, former Antarctic explorer James Murray gets sick and almost goes mad. Although Fawcett has a reputation for being fever-proof and invincible against jungle dangers, his crew isn't so lucky. His reason: just because the tribes of the Amazon live in small, fractured communities now doesn't mean they didn't once live in a glorious city.įawcett obsesses over Z and conducts multiple expeditions into the jungle. Inspired by the legend of El Dorado-Spanish for Ha ha, nice try-Fawcett dreams up a city of his own: "Z." But the more Fawcett mapped, the more he wanted to find. In the early 1900s, very little of the jungle was known to outsiders.įawcett's work was critical in helping "civilization" learn about the jungle. As a certified explorer-seriously, he earned a certificate-he set off to map the Amazon jungle. He joined the Royal Geographic Society and learned how to be an explorer. A military man and a gentleman, Fawcett was bored with civilization. Watching people read is boring, so during his investigation, Grann shows us what Fawcett's life was like. Doing his best Robert Langdon impression, Grann finds some mysterious symbols that lead him to the true coordinates. Sounds like a charming place for a summer vacation. Is nothing private? Grann believes that the notoriously secretive Fawcett lied about the coordinates of his last known location: Dead Horse Camp. Grann begins his search by heading to England and reading as many of Fawcett's letters and journals as possible. Was the explorer devoured by cannibals? Did he starve to death? Or is he living it up on the golden streets of Z? He hopes to learn what really happened to Fawcett eighty years prior. In 2005, New Yorker writer David Grann decides to follow Fawcett's trail into the jungle. He calls the city "Z." The three men disappear, and are never seen again. In 1925, Fawcett, along with his son Jack and Jack's friend Raleigh, head into the Amazon jungle to find a magical city that Fawcett believes exists. This book begins at the ending: the ending of Percy Harrison Fawcett, to be exact. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon Summary
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