YET ANOTHER MYSTERY OF HISTORY BY GEOFFREY MCSKIMMING

CAIRO JIM ON THE TRAIL TO CHACHA MUCHOS

An Epic Tale of Rhythm

Legend has it that somewhere in Peru, high atop a towering, jungle-covered mountain, stand the ruins of ChaCha Muchos, the Lost City of the Dancers.

What happened there nearly five hundred years ago remains a mystery. Why was the City built so far from civilisation? Who were these people who were obsessed with nothing but dancing? And why, in the end, did the entire tribe dance itself to extinction?

In this epic tale of rhythm, Cairo Jim (that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet) travels into the Peruvian jungle to try to discover the reason. He does not know, however, that he is not the only one on the trail to ChaCha Muchos ...

'An extraordinary story ... adventure that will turn your nerves inside out ... funny, exciting and awesomely authentic.' - NSW School Magazine
'Delightful.' - The Age
'One of the most stirring books I have ever read ... a grand achievement.' - Jocelyn Osgood V.O.S.
'Mr McSkimming would be better off spending his time cataloguing mud from the New Guinea highlands ... I thought it completely stupid. Arrr.' - Captain N. Bone

Also available on tape and CD, narrated by the author, from Bolinda Audio

All written material contained herein copyright ©Geoffrey McSkimming 2005

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