| Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time Contributor(s): Adams, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452297982 ISBN-13: 9780452297982 Publisher: Dutton OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | South America - Peru - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 985.37 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.29" W x 8" (0.64 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIR What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and "discovered" Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer's perilous path in search of the truth--except he'd written about adventure far more than he'd actually lived it. In fact, he'd never even slept in a tent. Turn Right at Machu Picchu is Adams' fascinating and funny account of his journey through some of the world's most majestic, historic, and remote landscapes guided only by a hard-as-nails Australian survivalist and one nagging question: Just what was Machu Picchu? |