The lost city of Z

The lost city of Z: a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon/ David Grann 339 pg.

When I first saw the cover of this book, I assumed it was a zombie tale. This is what happens when you work long enough with zombie obsessed coworkers...the letter "Z" takes on a whole new meaning. Instead, this is a great non-fiction account of Amazon exploration particularly the disappearance of Percy Fawcett. Fawcett was as much of an authority on the Amazon as anyone of his time. He was a born explorer who was tough and disease resistant. At the time it was not unusual for entire parties to disappear completely and even successful groups regularly lost half of their group to disease, starvation, murderous natives, or even murderous individuals in their own party. I really enjoyed the historical information and also the current day story of the author tracing Fawcett's steps to see if he could uncover anything new. - Christa