Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Title: The Lost City of the Monkey God : a true story Author: Preston, Douglas J., author. Edition: First edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017. ©2017 Description: viii, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm Summary: "Douglas Preston takes readers on an adventure deep into the Honduran jungle in this riveting, danger-filled true story about the discovery of an ancient lost civilization"-- Provided by publisher. Subjects: Preston, Douglas J. -- Travel -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Extinct cities -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Cities and towns, Ancient -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Indians of Central America -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Antiquities. Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Description and travel. Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Discovery and exploration. Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Antiquities. Genre: True adventure stories. Travel writing. Contents: The Gates of Hell -- Somewhere in the Americas -- The Devil Had Killed Him -- A Land of Cruel Jungles -- One of the Few Remaining Mysteries -- The Heart of Darkness -- The Fish That Swallowed the Whale -- Lasers in the Jungle -- Something Nobody Had Done -- The Most Dangerous Place on the Planet -- Uncharted Territory -- No Coincidences -- Fer-de-Lance -- Don't Pick the Flowers -- Human Hands -- "I'm Going Down" -- A Bewitchment Place -- Quagmire -- Controversy -- The Cave of the Glowing Skulls -- The Symbol of Death -- They Came to Wither the Flowers -- White Leprosy -- The National Institutes of Health -- An Isolated Species -- La Ciudad del Jaguar -- We Became Orphans. ISBN 9781455540006 (hardback) Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
