The Lost City of Z: Tales of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann focuses on the story of Colonel Percy H. Fawcett. Colonel Fawcett was an explorer on the end of the golden age of exploration. He was fascinated by the Amazon and was fixed on finding the lost city of Z, as he called it. This story covers Fawcett's obsession with the lost city, along with one journalists search for the truth. Overall it is a fun, fast paced read, however, the jungle diseases were a bit much for me.
The project I made was a survival bracelet with a compass attached. Follow the same directions found in the youtube clip from my Hatchet inspired project. About half way through the bracelet attach the compass with some craft glue and keep working on it. The materials you need are parachute cord, buckles, scissors, craft glue, and a compass.
For those of you Sherlock fans out there (the BBC version), Benedict Cumberbatch is cast to play Colonel Fawcett in the movie adaptation of this book. I think he will be able to pull that off rather nicely. This is a movie I just might have to see.
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