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First Published:
Feb 2009, 352 pages
Paperback:
Jan 2010, 416 pages
Book Reviewed by:
Amy Reading
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This article relates to The Lost City of Z
If Fawcett's adventures in the Amazon pique your interest, you can hack into
the jungle of research on him and Z with the following as guides…
...from the serious….
Charles Mann, author of
1491, theorizes on what a
pre-Colombian civilization in the Amazon might have been like in the
Atlantic Monthly.
David Grann speaks to interviewers at the
New Yorker and the
Daily Beast.
His original article about Fawcett was published in the
New Yorker
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Michael Heckenberger from the
University of Florida, is excavating ancient ruins that indicate Fawcett was
at least partially right in his quest for a lost city. His
website links to articles at NPR and National Geographic.
…to the frivolous…
Fawcett was lured into the jungle by an erotic spirit guide, so says
The Guardian.
Colonel Fawcett is still alive! He's 141 and has discovered not only
the secret to eternal life, but also the advanced city of Ibez,
inhabited by extra-terrestrials and intra-terrestrials (beings from the
hollow core of the earth). A crack team of explorers is suited up and
ready to go in search of Ibez, just as soon as you sign up to
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Coming soon to movie theaters? According to IMDB, The Lost City of Z, starring Brad Pitt as Col. Percy Fawcett, is currently in production.
This "beyond the book article" relates to The Lost City of Z. It originally ran in March 2009 and has been updated for the
January 2010 paperback edition.
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