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Jungleland : a mysterious lost city, a WWII spy, and a true story of deadly adventure / Christopher S. Stewart.

Jungle land (other title)
Stewart, Christopher S. (Author).

Summary:

The author chronicles his present-day journey to find Ciudad Blanca, the legendary White City rumored to exist in the rain forests of Nicaragua's and Honduras' Mosquito Coast, following in the footsteps of the explorer and World War II spy Theodore Morde, who set out on the same journey on April 6, 1940.

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  • ISBN: 0061802549
  • ISBN: 9780061802546
  • ISBN: 9780062266996
  • Physical Description: xiii, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Harper, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263).
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I A Professional Amateur 7 -- Mountain That Cries 15 -- Mystery Stick 23 -- "Treading on Dynamite" 27 -- My Lost-City Guide 35 -- "I Was Lost" 39 -- Coup 43 -- "949 Miles to La Ceiba" 47 -- Good-bye 53 -- Part II "Left for Dead but Too Mean to Die" 59 -- hotstuffie92 63 -- "Where There Grow Strange Large Flowers" 67 -- Snakes and Valium 71 -- "Definitely on the Way at Last" 75 -- Valley of the Princess 77 -- "Gold Fever" 83 -- Pancho 87 -- "The Last Outpost" 93 -- Bandit Alley 101 -- "The Equivalent of a State Secret" 105 -- Mortal Threats 109 -- Dance of the Dead Monkeys 113 -- Catacamas 117 -- "Green Hell" 119 -- Loco Men 125 -- "All Had Faded into Thin Air" 131 -- Part III Jungle That Disappeared 137 -- "Beyond Hope" 141 -- Looking for Camp Ulak 145 -- "No Trace of Ruins" 153 -- Calling Home 157 -- "The Lost City of the Monkey God" 165 -- Our Time with the Pirates 169 -- "The Jungle Does Not Seem Like It Wants Us to Go" 177 -- "Please Come Home" 181 -- "Ice in Our Glasses!" 183 -- Ernesto's Story 185 -- "This Strange Civilization" 189 -- What We Learned from the Tawahkas 195 -- Part IV Daisy 203 -- Gateway to the Lost Cities 207 -- "They Had Orders to Shoot" 211 -- My Lowest Low 215 -- "I'm Having the Time of My Life" 217 -- Journey to the Crosses 223 -- "From Journalist and Explorer and Spy to a Father" 227 -- Morde Theory 235 -- Lost City 245.

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Morde, Theodore A., 1911-1954 > Travel > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Morde, Theodore > Travel > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Stewart, Christopher S. > Travel > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Adventure and adventurers > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > History > 20th century.
Explorers > United States > Biography.
Geographical myths > Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)
Spies > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > United States.
Central America > History > 20th century.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > Description and travel.
Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) > History > 20th century.
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