The River of Doubt:
Theodore Roosevelt's darkest journey (2005) by Candice Millard a former writer
and editor for National Geographic.
The book was a winner of a Notable Book Award from the New York Times in 2005. In
1914 Theodore Roosevelt led a group of explorers, including his son Kermit, deep
into an unexplored region of the Amazon River.
The book recounts the hardships they faced on their trip down the River
of Doubt.
The Lost City of Z: a
tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon (2009) by David Grann is an ALA Notable
Books - Nonfiction: 2010 award winner and was made into a movie by the same
name in 2017. Follow writer David Grann as her follows in the footsteps of British
explorer Percy Fawcett, who disappeared while on an expedition to find an
ancient city in the Amazon in 1925.
The Gold of Exodus: the
discovery of the true Mount Sinai (1998) by Howard Blum. Mr. Blum is a former New York Times journalist
who writes the story of how two adventurers, Larry Williams and Bob Cornuke
made discoveries at the mountain in Saudi Arabia known as Jabal al Lawz that
this was the actual location of the biblical Mt. Sinai.
Jungle of stone: the
true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the
lost civilization of the Mayans (2016) by William Carlsen. Mr. Carlsen is a former
San Francisco Chronicle journalist who reveals the tale of John Lloyd and
Frederick Catherwood and their discovery of the ancient Mayan empire.
The Last Wild Men of
Borneo: a true story of death and treasure (2018) by New York Times best
selling author Carl Hoffman. In this book Hoffman writes the stories of two
different men, Bruno Manse and Michael Palmieri and the impact their lives had
on the island of Borneo.
The Lost City of the
Monkey God: a true story (2017) by author Douglas Preston. Preston writes of
his travels in the Mosquitia area of Honduras as part of a team searching for
The Lost City of the Monkey God.
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