{"product_id":"jungleland-a-mysterious-lost-city-and-a-true-story-of-deadly-adventure-isbn-9780061802553","title":"Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City and a True Story of Deadly Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor fans of The Lost City of Z, The River of Doubt, and Lost in Shangri-La—a real-life Indiana Jones story, set in the mysterious jungles of Honduras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I began to daydream about the jungle....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 6, 1940, explorer and future World War II spy Theodore Morde (who would one day attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler), anxious about the perilous journey that lay ahead of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep inside “the little Amazon,” the jungles of Honduras’s Mosquito Coast—one of the largest, wildest, and most impenetrable stretches of tropical land in the world—lies the fabled city of Ciudad Blanca: the White City. For centuries, it has lured explorers, including Spanish conquistador Herman Cortes. Some intrepid souls got lost within its dense canopy; some disappeared. Others never made it out alive. Then, in 1939, Theodore Morde claimed that he had located this El Dorado-like city. Yet before he revealed its location, Morde died under strange circumstances, giving credence to those who believe that the spirits of the Ciudad Blanca killed him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Jungleland, Christopher S. Stewart seeks to retrace Morde's steps and answer the questions his death left hanging. Is this lost city real or only a tantalyzing myth? What secrets does the jungle hold? What continues to draw explorers into the unknown jungleland at such terrific risk? In this absorbing true-life thriller, journalist Christopher S. Stewart sets out to find answers—a white-knuckle adventure that combines Morde’s wild, enigmatic tale with Stewart’s own epic journey to find the truth about the White City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it take to solve a decades-old mystery when the jungle itself is the enemy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Spy's Secret:\u003c\/b\u003e Uncover the story of Theodore Morde, a real-life explorer and WWII spy who claimed to find the fabled White City—only to die mysteriously before revealing its location.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Lost City:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow the centuries-old legend of Ciudad Blanca, an El Dorado-like metropolis deep in the Honduran jungle that has lured explorers to their doom for generations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTwo Dangerous Journeys:\u003c\/b\u003e Experience a gripping parallel narrative as author Christopher S. Stewart retraces Morde's perilous 1940 expedition, facing the same dangers in his own modern-day quest for the truth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTrue Adventure:\u003c\/b\u003e Journey into the Mosquito Coast, one of the most impenetrable jungles in Central America, in a raw and personal account of survival against the odds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eArmed with the personal notebooks of the mysterious World War II spy Theodore Morde, an adventurer who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, journalist Christopher S. Stewart sets out in search of the lost White City, buried somewhere deep in the Mosquito Coast of Honduras. Stewart pieces together the whirlwind life and peculiar death of Morde, who sailed around the world five times before turning thirty, as he tries to verify Morde's claim of having discovered the \"Lost City of the Monkey God.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of \u003cem\u003eThe Lost City of Z\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLost in Shangri-La\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJungleland\u003c\/em\u003e is in part a classic tale of man versus wild as well as a story of young fatherhood and a meditation on the timeless call of adventure—an epic search for answers in a place where nothing is guaranteed, least of all survival.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A fascinating and gripping account, a true to life Indiana Jones adventure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Preston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This stunning book takes you deep into the jungles of Honduras, telling a story that explains all of Europe’s adventures on this side of the world: the quest for a lost city full of gold, a search that, in theend, reveals the treasure to be the journey itself. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRich Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A bold attempt to solve the mystery of the White City of Honduras and finish the work of a World War II spy.… a rip-snorting journey… Readers who loved ‘The Lost City of Z’ have found their next great true adventure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMitchell Zuckoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tale for the ages.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I dare you to put this book down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvan Wright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A great revival of an older genre, the treasure hunt, and associated adventures.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The premise is so fantastic that if \u003ci\u003eJungleland\u003c\/i\u003e were a novel, you could be forgiven for worrying that it might be a bit pulpy or clichéd…The fact that this is all true turns the story from one of intrigue and odyssey into one of anthropological significance as well.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The true story [of] \u003ci\u003eJungleland \u003c\/i\u003e resembles nothing so much as the set-up for one of H. 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