Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780452297982)

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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?

Author: Mark Adams
ISBN-10: 0452297982
ISBN-13: 9780452297982
Publisher: Dutton
Language: English
Published: 04/24/2012
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.29w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/17/2012 pg. 28