Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Autor: | Adams, Mark |
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EAN: | 9780452297982 |
Sachgruppe: | Reiseberichte, Reiseerzählungen |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 368 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 24.04.2012 |
Untertitel: | Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time |
Schlagworte: | Travel - General |
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIRWhat 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?