The Cutzulcan lived in the jungle;this much the scholars knew. But the three expeditions that had set out to find them never returned to the known world. With guns, cameras, and the warnings of friends, two American women launched their own search. Barbara was observant, passive and petite; Joselyn was resourceful, extroverted and cultivated. Together they learned to set aside domestic hardship and personal priorities to discover new lives within themselves as they searched for the oldest civilization in the Americas.