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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.

Preston, Douglas J., (author.).

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"--

Record details

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

Content descriptions

General Note:
Editons may vary.
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 Became Orphans.
Citation/References Note:
Kirkus Reviews, November 01, 2016.
Booklist, December 01, 2016.
Target Audience Note:
Adult. Brodart.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: 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) > Antiquities.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Discovery and exploration.
Genre: True adventure stories.
Travel writing.

Available copies

  • 19 of 20 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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  • 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Hood River County Library 972.85 PRE 2017 (Text) 33892100607861 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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