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A great non-fiction book that taught me much about:
Honduras
New Technology and
Disease
Ciudad Blanca, the “White City,” is also referred to as the “Lost City of the Monkey God.” Where is it if it exists at all? Honduras is full of thick jungle. Nothing can be seen from the air. But those who wanted to find it had a new technology up their sleeve: Lidar.
"Elkins read an article in Archaeology magazine entitled “Lasers in the Jungle.” The article described a powerful technology called lidar, or Light ...more
Honduras
New Technology and
Disease
Ciudad Blanca, the “White City,” is also referred to as the “Lost City of the Monkey God.” Where is it if it exists at all? Honduras is full of thick jungle. Nothing can be seen from the air. But those who wanted to find it had a new technology up their sleeve: Lidar.
"Elkins read an article in Archaeology magazine entitled “Lasers in the Jungle.” The article described a powerful technology called lidar, or Light ...more
Interesting but I was hoping for more of a riveting story. What was pretty riveting though was the disease that was discovered hidden in the ruins, although as it turns out, not so hidden. The book will leave you with a pretty grim outlook so for that I'm not happy. ...more
While parts of this did read like Preston's thrillers, other parts were downright dull. I became particularly tired of his habit of going on endlessly about the background of so many of the people involved in the expedition even if they were decidedly less important to the story.
The actual archaeological stuff was only marginally interesting. I enjoyed learning about the new technology but found the on-the-ground activities less enlightening. Perhaps if there had been more time to analyze the si ...more
The actual archaeological stuff was only marginally interesting. I enjoyed learning about the new technology but found the on-the-ground activities less enlightening. Perhaps if there had been more time to analyze the si ...more
Digital audiobook narrated by Bill Mumy
Subtitle: A True Story
From the book jacket: A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world’s densest jungle.
My reactions: Wow. Preston is perhaps best known as the co-author with Lincoln Child of the mystery series starring FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast. But he has also written nonfiction, and worked as a writer and editor for the American Museum of Natural History. ...more
Subtitle: A True Story
From the book jacket: A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world’s densest jungle.
My reactions: Wow. Preston is perhaps best known as the co-author with Lincoln Child of the mystery series starring FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast. But he has also written nonfiction, and worked as a writer and editor for the American Museum of Natural History. ...more
Okay, as a sociology major who also loved her anthropology classes I looked forward to this read and was excited and then was let down.
Mar 02, 2021
Roshni
marked it as to-read
