Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
by Adams, Mark
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0525952241
- ISBN 13
- 9780525952244
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
2 Copies Available from This Seller
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
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?
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G0525952241I5N00
- Title
- Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
- Author
- Adams, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0525952241
- ISBN 13
- 9780525952244
- Publisher
- Dutton Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
Terms of Sale
ThriftBooks
About the Seller
ThriftBooks
About ThriftBooks
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...