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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsTurn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Timeby Mark Adams
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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? Review:"Quite funny and unpretentiously well informed....The perfect way to acknowledge the lost city’s 100th birthday." Christian Science Monitor ("Editor's Choice")
Review:"[An] entirely delightful book." Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
Review:“An engaging, informative guide to all things Inca.” Entertainment Weekly
About the AuthorMark Adams is the author of the acclaimed history Mr. America, which The Washington Post named a Best Book of 2009. A writer for many national magazines, including GQ, Outside, and National Geographic, he lives near New York City with his wife and children.
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