Jungleland

<p><strong>For fans of <em>The Lost City of Z The River of Doubt</em> and <em>Lost in Shangri-La</em>--a real-life Indiana Jones story set in the mysterious jungles of Honduras.</strong></p><p>I began to daydream about the jungle....</p><p>On 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.</p><p>Deep 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.</p><p>In <em>Jungleland</em> 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.</p>