Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-Two Days, and Insurmountable Odds--The Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes Paperback - 2005
by Piers Paul Read
From the rear cover
On October 12, 1972, an Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a teamof rugby players crashed in the remote snowy peaks of the Andes. Ten weeks later, only sixteen of the forty-five passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without food and with scarcely any hope of a rescue. The survivors protected and helped one another, and came to the difficult conclusion that to live meant doing the unimaginable. Confronting nature at its most furious, two brave young men risked their lives to hike through the mountains looking for help -- and ultimately found it.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.Details
- Title Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-Two Days, and Insurmountable Odds--The Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes
- Author Piers Paul Read
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2005-07-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780060778668 / 0060778660
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.38 x 1.13 in (20.37 x 13.67 x 2.87 cm)
- Reading level 1160
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Library of Congress subjects Survival after airplane accidents,, Aircraft accidents
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005040230
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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