Golden Man is the story of a down-on-his-luck dreamer whose wanderlust took him on to celebrated, colorful, and controversial heights. To call Gene Savoy (1927-2007) a force of nature would be an understatement. Here was a man who discovered the last capital of the Inca empire--lost for almost four hundred years--and claimed to have found more than forty lost cities in the jungles of Peru. His self-publicized exploits led People magazine to dub him the Real Indiana Jones. To amateur explorers, Savoy was a hero; to professional scientists, a swashbuckling charlatan. Yet there was another side to the explorer: Savoy claimed to have found ancient secrets in South America that would lead to the spiritual transformation of all humanity. The captivatingly written product of years of research, including numerous interviews with Savoy, his family, and closest companions, Golden Man is the definitive account of one unlikely dreamer who became a legend, and more.
- ISBN13 9781599213064
- Publish Date 1 January 2001
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 6 August 2014
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
- Imprint Globe Pequot Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English