The Disappearance of Percy Fawcett and Other Famous Vanishings
By (Author) Jane Clapp
By (author) Evan Andrews
Skyhorse Publishing
Racehorse Publishing
4th April 2017
United States
General
Non Fiction
Geographical discovery and exploration
General and world history
Paperback
136
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 10mm
166g
There is nothing more disconcerting than someone vanishing into thin air. Unanswered questions abound and the mysteries only tend to grow. The Disappearance of Percy Fawcett and Other Famous Vanishings attempts to provide clarity and background on several individuals unexplained departures.
While looking for his mythical Lost City of Z, Percy Fawcett vanished. Amelia Earhart did the same while circling the earth on her historic flight. Much like these two historical figures, there has been a slew of cases that have never been solvednoted author Ambrose Bierce, Czar Alexander I, Judge Joseph Force Crater, famed adventurer Richard Halliburton, and others who never managed to return from their adventures. This book examines and documents each case in extensive detail, in an attempt to bring together some of the loose ends.
History.com writer Evan Andrews provides a detailed foreword to add some contemporary insight into the accounts of the vanished in The Disappearance of Percy Fawcett and Other Famous Vanishings.
Jane Clapp disappeared as mysteriously as the individuals profiled in this book.
Evan Andrews is a researcher and writer for The History Channel, History.com, and the History Here smart phone app. He resides in Richmond, Virginia.