The Lost City of Z

There is no getting away from it, the Fawcett story is fascinating. It's sad in a way that if the expedition returned safely without finding the Lost City of Z, Fawcett may have been forgotten, However, with their disappearance they have in a way, been immortalized, capturing the imagination of many as to what happened to them.

As to David Grann's book, yes it was well written and kept me turning the pages, although I did flip past some of the Grann parts as I thought there was just too much about Grann's personal expedition into the jungle, that to me got in the way of the what should have been the main Fawcett story.
The payoff of what Grann's reports as the possible Lost City of Z is not believable to me, but that is my personal opinion.
I want to read a book that actually discovers the Lost City of Z. I want to find out exactly what the lights that never went out were. Something that Grann doesn't achieve in his book. But all may not, like the City of Z, be lost, as a new book called Amazon Adventure by Ben Hammott is due for release shortly. http://www.fawcettadventure.com (Fiction) The book actually continues Fawcett's journey into the jungle from Dead Horse Camp, Fawcett's last known possession, to reach the Lost City and to go inside. If handle well it should be a good read. I have read Hammott's previous book, Lost Tomb of the Knights Templar. It about solving clues in an old church to find some 2000 year old artifacts, chests of gold and a tomb with a mummified corpse. It was one of my best reads of 2009, so I have no doubt that Amazon Adventure will do the story justice. (http://www.benhammott.com)