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The Lost City of the Monkey God : A True Story  Cover Image Book Book

The Lost City of the Monkey God : A True Story / Douglas Preston.

Summary:

"#1 New York Times bestselling author 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781455540006 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 1455540005 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 9781455540013
  • ISBN: 1455540013
  • ISBN: 1478964529
  • ISBN: 9781478964520
  • Physical Description: viii, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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 Are Orphans.
Awards Note:
New York Times Best Seller List.
Subject: Preston, Douglas J. > Travel > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Preston, Douglas J. > Travel.
Preston, Douglas J.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Description and travel.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Discovery and exploration.
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) > Antiquities.
Indians of Central America > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Antiquities.
Indians of Central America > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Antiquities.
Extinct cities > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras.)
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Description and travel.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Exploration.
Extinct cities > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Cities and towns > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Native Americans > Central America > Antiquities.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Antiquities.
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies.)
Indians of Central America > Antiquities.
Travel.
Extinct cities.
Discoveries in geography.
Antiquities.
Cities and towns, Ancient.
HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries.
HISTORY / Latin America / Central America.
Central America > Mosquitia.
Genre: True adventure stories.
Travel writing.

Available copies

  • 62 of 64 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Alexander Hamilton Memorial System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 64 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library 972.85 PRE (Text) 37268002272920 AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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