A book William Cals love: The Lost City of Z

The Lost City of Z. This book is one thing that has it all--great adventure, a lost civilization, an explorer armed with little more than a compass and a machete, the age of exploration at the turn of the century--all things William Cals love. This is the real life story of Victorian explorer Percy Fawcett, a member of the Royal Geographical Society and a major celebrity in his own time. Fawcett and his companions routinely faced starvation, bloodthirsty indigenous tribes, horrific insect infestations, lethal tropical diseases, deadly white-water rapids, poisonous snakes, anacondas, piranha, and other terrifying creatures. His descent into the "green hell" ends in his disappearance. For years, people expected Fawcett to come staggering out of the jungle, armed with proof that a great civilization once flourished along the Amazon. David Grann, a staff writer for The New Yorker, sets out on a quest to discover the truth about the lost city of Z and what exactly happened to Fawcett. The results are astounding.