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After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve the greatest exploration mystery of the 20th century: What happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett & his quest for the Lost City of Z?
In 1925, Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, hoping to make one of the most important discoveries in history. For centuries Europeans believed the worlds largest jungle concealed the glittering kingdom of El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humans. But Fawcett, whose daring expeditions inspired Conan DoylesThe Lost World, had spent years building his scientific case. Captivating the imagination of millions round the globe, Fawcett embarked with his 21-year-old son, determined to prove that this ancient civilisation--which he dubbed Z--existed. Then his expedition vanished. Fawcetts fate, & the tantalizing clues he left behind about Z, became an obsession for hundreds who followed him into the uncharted wilderness.
For decades scientists & adventurers have searched for evidence of Fawcetts party & the lost City of Z. Countless have perished, been captured by tribes or gone mad. As Grann delved ever deeper into the mystery surrounding Fawcetts quest, & the greater mystery of what lies within the Amazon, he found himself, like the generations who preceded him, being irresistibly drawn into the jungles green hell. His quest for the truth & discoveries about Fawcetts fate & Z form the heart of this complexly enthralling narrative.
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Deadly Obsessions
Three True Crime Sagas
Joan Barthel
CONTENTS
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
A Death in California copyright 1981 by Joan Barthel
A Death in Canaan copyright 1976 by Joan Barthel
Love or Honor copyright 1989 by Joan Barthel
Cover design by Amanda Shaffer
ISBN: 978-1-5040-4705-0
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A Death in California
For James E. Cronin,
my teacher,
founder of
The Writers Institute,
Saint Louis University
List of Characters
LOS ANGELES
Hope Masters, a Beverly Hills socialite
Tom Masters, Hopes estranged husband
Bill Ashlock, advertising writer, Hopes lover
Fran Ashlock, Bills estranged wife
Keith, Hope Masterss oldest child, age 12
Hope Elizabeth, Hope Masterss daughter, age 10
K.C., Hope Masterss youngest child, age 3
Honey, Hope Masterss mother
Van, Hope Masterss stepfather, member of a prominent Los Angeles law firm
Michael Abbott, young lawyer, a friend of Hope Masters
Lionel, screenwriter, a friend of Hope Masters
Sandi, a friend of Bill Ashlock
Nadine, a friend of Tom Masters
Martha Padilla, Hope Masterss weekday maid
Licha Mancha, Hope Masterss weekend maid
Reverend Kermit Castellanos, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills
Cliff Einstein, Bill Ashlocks boss at the advertising agency
Helen Linley, Bill Ashlocks secretary
Sara Monaco, receptionist at the advertising agency
Richard Miller, Bill Ashlocks partner in a filmmaking company
Ned Nelsen, Hope Masterss defense attorney
Tom Breslin, Hope Masterss defense attorney and Ned Nelsens partner
Gene Tinch, a private detective
Fillmore Crank, manager of the Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge in North Hollywood
Gary LePon, assistant manager of the SheratonUniversal Hotel in Hollywood
Robert McRae, desk clerk at the Holiday Inn in Hollywood
Paul Luther, agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert Sage, agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beverly Hills police
Billy Ray Smith
William Clyde Stien
Philip DeMond
Los Angeles investigators
Kenneth Pollock
Paul OSteen
Arthur Stoyanoff
CHICAGO
Robert Pietrusiak, a patient at Illinois Research Hospital
Catherine Pietrusiak, his wife
Armond Lee, a guard at Illinois Research Hospital
Marthe Purmal, an attorney with Legal Services
Mort Friedman, chief prosecutor, Cook County States Attorneys Office
Robert Baucom, agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Illinois State Police
Robert Swalwell
Sven (Gus) Ljuggren
Williard Rowe
Frank Waldrup
Illinois Department of Corrections
Ronald Tonsel
Willis Stephans
Ray Clark
Ron Hepner
Pete Lane
TULARE COUNTY
Jim Webb, caretaker at the ranch
Teresa Webb, his wife
Gerald Webb, Jim Webbs brother, a part-time Baptist minister
Dorothy Anderson, former housekeeper at the ranch
Tulare County investigators
Gene Parker
Jim Brown
Forrest Barnes
Henry Babcock
Ralph Tucker
Jack Flores
Vern Hensley
Doyle Hoppert
Donald Landers
Michael Scott
Joseph Teller
Butch Coley
Ollie Farris
George Carter, judge, Porterville Justice Court
Virginia Anderson, clerk, Porterville Justice Court
William Thompson, bailiff, Porterville Justice Court
James Heusdens, prosecutor, deputy district attorney, Tulare County
Joseph Haley, prosecutor, deputy district attorney, Tulare County
Jay Powell, public defender, Tulare County
Jay Ballantyne, judge, Superior Court, Tulare County
Leonard M. Ginsburg, judge, Superior Court, Tulare County
OTHER PLACES
Taylor Wright, a jewelry salesman from Benton Harbor, Michigan
Larry Burbage, an electronics equipment salesman from Atlanta, Georgia
Richard Crane, an engineer from the state of Washington, found murdered in a motel on Sunset Strip
G. Daniel Walker, a man of many identities
AUTHORS NOTE
This book has been written from the memories of many people. The core of the story, which is a weekend at a ranch in northern California, is based on Hope Masterss remembrance of that time. Certain scenes in this story have been composed in a literary rather than a journalistic manner, using a variety of sources, including police reports and notes, court transcripts and other legal documents, tape recordings, letters, and diaries, as well as dozens of interviews, some of them conducted at that time, some recently, as I was writing this book. One persons memory sometimes collides with anothers; but what is important about memory, it seems to me, is not its indisputability, but its texture.
For her openness in discussing with me, not only the events of 1973 but her life and thoughts, in an unconditional, wholehearted way, I am grateful to Hope Masters. I am grateful to members of her family, especially her mother, and to her friends who, in talking with me, helped me come to know her.
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