How It All Goes Down
The Secret Papers
- In England, David Grann tracks down as many of Fawcett's descendants as he can.
- Maybe they have more to share about Fawcett's route to Z.
- Grann locates one of Fawcett's grandchildren, Rolette de Montet-Guerin.
- Grann and Rolette have tea and chat, then Rolette drops a truth bomb.
- Rolette tells Grann that Fawcett wrote many things "to throw people off the trail" (9.11). She decides to show Grann her grandfather's diaries and logbooks.
- Like most diaries, they're filled with bad poetry.
- However, in later entries, Fawcett writes extensively about Z.
- Grann locates coordinates for Fawcett's final camp that are different from the coordinates Fawcett published.
- Before Grann leaves, Rolette shows him the last item she has from Fawcett's expedition: a gold ring that somehow showed up in a Brazilian shop.
- Rolette took the ring to the psychic who told her "it had been bathed in blood" (9.28).
- Whatever happened to good old-fashioned jewelry polish?