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Comment: Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls
Date of Publication: 1953
Binding: hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small nicks along upper edge, foxing on endpages and edge of text block, light toning on pages, bumps, edge and shelf wear.

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Lost trails, Lost Cities Hardcover – 1953

by Percy Harrison Fawcett (Author), Brian Fawcett (Editor)

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Letters, manuscripts, and other records written by Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett were compiled by his son, Brian, in Lost Trails, Lost Cities (Funk & Wagnalls, 1953; also titled Exploration Fawcett). In this chronicle, the Colonel detailed his adventures in Mato Grosso, South America, as he searched for the ruins of an ancient lost city ("I call it 'Z' for the sake of convenience," he wrote) between 1906 and 1925. Though his journal ended with his strange disappearance sometime after 29 May 1925, his story continued long after.

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Hardcover: 332 pages
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls; First Edition edition (1953)
Language: English
ASIN: B0007DNCV4
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #784,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #35 in Books > Travel > South America > Bolivia
- #112 in Books > Travel > South America > Brazil > General

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Lost Cities, Lost Explorer!

By Texas Book Lover on January 1, 2006

Format: Hardcover

In 1921 Col. P. H. Fawcett set down the narrative of his first 7 trips into the heart of the lost world of the Amazon Basin and it's mountain ramparts of Bolivia and Peru (beginning in 1906). He was searching for the fabled City of Gold which had lured many a conquistador. He never returned from his 8th trip. He simply walked into the jungle and was never heard from again. This book was edited by Brian Fawcett - after waiting a number of years to make sure he wasn't coming back. B&W photos, maps, and line drwings illustrate. Fascinating reading. An overlooked classic.

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I can read this book over and over

By kathleen t thompson on January 27, 2013

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This is probably one of the best adventure book I have ever read. It's a window into a past that is gone forever.

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The real Indiana Jones???

By John E on July 31, 2011

Format: Hardcover

The story of an Englishman and former soldier obsessed with discovering "lost cities" in Brazil and Bolivia. Fawcett is most famous because he never returned from his last expedition and was never found though several attempts were made to find him. A rugged adventurer, he may have been the model for Indiana Jones. This book, edited by Fawcett's son, is taken from his notes and letters.

The story has its high points but is tedious at times. Particularly poignant is Fawcett's love of the harsh and unforgiving land and its native inhabitants. The book is most interesting for its glimpse into South America at the turn of the last century, and of the cultural and colonial prejudices prevalent at that time. And there are more than a few "tall tales" to peak the reader's interest.

Still, the narrative description of rivers, jungles, and hardship seemed repetitive at times and there was more discussion of surveying and daily activities than of legends and lost cities. All in all, the book is highly interesting and a welcome departure from the dangers of life in a cube farm.

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Love reading about Fawcett and South America!

By Richard Howell on December 26, 2012

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Very interesting reading about early 1900's Amazonian culture and Col. Fawcett. People can argue about the veracity of certain statements (anaconda lengths or description of certain snakes) but other descriptions widely ridiculed such as the "double nosed dog" were later verified, so who knows, it may be Fawcett was not far off the mark. Either way, it is a very interesting account of the trials and tribulations of an early explorer of the Amazon and pleasurable reading of some of the stories passed around of lost cities and civilizations at that time.

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Fun read

By Jason Golomb VINE VOICE on November 24, 2008

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This is a fun read on a very interesting real-life character. There will be renewed interest with a coming book and Brad Pitt Movie - Lost City of Z

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