The Lost City of the Monkey God : a True Story
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Status
Bagdad Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
972.85 PRESTON
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Black Canyon City Community Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
972.85 PRESTON
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Camp Verde Community Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
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More Details
Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
UPC
40026744438
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
Description
Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God - but then having committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety plane carrying the machine that would change everything: lidar, a highly advanced technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization. Venturing into this treacherous but breathtaking wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasn't until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal - and incurable - disease. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, The Lost City of the Monkey God is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century. -- from dust jacket.
Awards
New York Times Best Seller List.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Cities and towns, Ancient -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Extinct cities -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Indians of Central America -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Antiquities.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Antiquities.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Description and travel.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Discovery and exploration.
Preston, Douglas J. -- Travel -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Travel writing.
True adventure stories.
Extinct cities -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Indians of Central America -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Antiquities.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Antiquities.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Description and travel.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Discovery and exploration.
Preston, Douglas J. -- Travel -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Travel writing.
True adventure stories.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Preston, D. J. (2017). The Lost City of the Monkey God: a True Story (First edition.). Grand Central Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Preston, Douglas J.. 2017. The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story. Grand Central Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Preston, Douglas J.. The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Preston, Douglas J.. The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story First edition., Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
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