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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

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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)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful 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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful 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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful 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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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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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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