Manhunt In The Jungle -

For fans of classic adventure, few mysteries are as enduring as the disappearance of Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian Amazon. While modern audiences might know this story through the 2016 film The Lost City of Z , there is a fascinating "time capsule" from 1958 that deserves a second look: the Warner Bros. adventure film . The Real-Life Inspiration

The film is based on the 1930 book Man Hunting in the Jungle by , a British naval commander and aviator. In 1928, Dyott led a real-life rescue expedition into the Mato Grosso region to find Colonel Fawcett, who had vanished three years earlier while searching for a fabled lost civilization. A Cinematic Expedition Manhunt in the Jungle

Echoes from the Amazon: Rediscovering "Manhunt in the Jungle" For fans of classic adventure, few mysteries are