Meet the Cast
Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett
League of Extraordinary GentlemenColonel Percy Fawcett is one part Colonel Mustard from Clue, two parts Indiana Jones, and one part Nintendo's Professor Layton. David Grann describes this dude, who...
David Grann
The Accidental TouristIf Colonel Fawcett is Indiana Jones, then David Grann is Willie Scott from Temple of Doom, but with less screaming and fewer fabulous gowns. Also, he's not blonde. Also, he ne...
Nina Agnes Paterson Fawcett
Not-Totally-Desperate HousewifeIt's only a matter of time before someone writes one of those annoyingly titled books in which the main female character is defined by her relationship to a man. In t...
Jack Fawcett
Jack of One TradeJack is the apple of his father's eye. Wait. Do they have apples in the Amazon jungle? Perhaps we should say he's the piranha of his father's river? Or the anaconda of his father's...
Brian Fawcett
Stinky and the BrainIf you ever misspell Brian Fawcett's name as Brain Fawcett, we forgive you. Jack is the brawn, and Brain is the brians. Er, Brian is the brains. The colonel, though, only respec...
Raleigh Rimmell
Man's Best FriendRaleigh and Jack are BFFs. Raleigh admires Jack Fawcett because everyone admires Jack Fawcett. Jack admires Raleigh because "He is absolutely honest and decent in every sense of th...
Alexander Hamilton Rice
Rival Crack PotAlexander Hamilton Rice is the Mariah Carey to Fawcett's Jennifer Lopez. We picture a reporter asking Rice about Fawcett's accomplishments in mapping the Amazon, and Rice responding,...
James Murray
He's Hot and He's ColdIt doesn't take a scientist to realize that James Murray has a snowball's shot in Tahiti at surviving the Amazon jungle. James Murray is a snowball: he's a hardened explorer s...
George Miller Dyott
Get Rich or Dyott TryingDyott is an explorer from the year 3 A.F. That's "After Fawcett."Fawcett disappeared around 1925, and it was Dyott who mounted an expedition to find him in 1928. Dyott calle...
Vajuvi
The Bone CollectorYou can't believe everything you read on the Internet (unless you read it here), and you can't believe that any bones found in the jungle belong to Col. Percy Fawcett. But hindsig...
Henry Costin
Children of the NightWe only mention Henry Costin because Robert Pattinson plays him in the movie. Grann writes little about Costin, a British corporal who accompanies Fawcett on the expedition wit...
Other Explorers
Go Directly to the Amazon. Do Not Pass GoThis being a nonfiction story, many real people are mentioned, but not everyone is developed into a well-rounded character. These people come close, but lik...