For centuries Europeans believed the world’s largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Hundreds had died looking for it, leaving many convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to
humankind.
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In 1925, Percy Fawcett launched an expedition, determined to prove that this ancient civilization—
which he dubbed “Z”—existed. Then he and his entire expedition vanished.

Eighty years later, after stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to learn what happened.

Read the book and come discuss what he found.