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Turn Right at Machu Picchu

Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

By Mark Adams

By Mark Adams

By Mark Adams

By Mark Adams

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Apr 24, 2012 | ISBN 9780452297982

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    About Turn Right at Machu Picchu

    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?

    About Turn Right at Machu Picchu

    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?

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    About Mark Adams

    Mark Adams is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Meet Me in Atlantis and Turn Right at Machu Picchu. A writer for many national magazines, including GQ, Men’s Journal, and New York, he lives near New York City with his wife and children.

    About Mark Adams

    Mark Adams is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Meet Me in Atlantis and Turn Right at Machu Picchu. A writer for many national magazines, including GQ, Men’s Journal, and New York, he lives near New York City with his wife and children.

    Product Details

    Category: Travel Writing | Biography & Memoir | Travel: Central & South America

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Dutton
    Apr 24, 2012 | 368 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780452297982

    Category: Travel Writing | Biography & Memoir | Travel: Central & South America

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Dutton
    Jun 30, 2011 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781101535400

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    Praise

    Praise for Turn Right at Machu Picchu

    “[An] engaging and sometimes hilarious book.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “A serious (and seriously funny) travelogue, a smart and tightly written history, and an investigative report into perhaps the greatest archaeological discovery in the last century.”—NationalGeographic.com

    “An engaging, informative guide to all things Inca.”—Entertainment Weekly

    “Adams deftly weaves together Inca history, Bingham’s story, and his own less heroic escapade….Those favoring a quirkier retelling [of Bingham’s exploits] will relish Mr. Adam’s wry, revealing romp through the Andes.”—The Wall Street Journal

    “Quite funny and unpretentiously well informed…The perfect way to acknowledge the lost city’s one hundredth birthday.”—Christian Science Monitor (“Editor’s Choice”)

    “[An] entirely delightful book.”—The Washington Post

    “    With a healthy sense of humor…Adams unearths a fascinating story, transporting his readers back to 1911, when Yale professor Hiram Bingham III hiked the Andes and stumbled upon on of South America’s most miraculous and cloistered meccas.”—NPR.org

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