Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Author(s): Piers Paul Read
On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, they were forced to do what would have once been unthinkable ... This is their story -- one of the most astonishing true adventures of the twentieth century.
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"A GREAT BOOK ... AN INCREDIBLE SAGA. Read's accomplishment in recording a struggle both physical and spiritual is superb."-- "Philadelphia Inquirer""THIS BOOK WILL EXCITE YOU, shock you, at times revolt you, but you are not likely to forget it."-- "John Barkham Reviews""A classic in the literature of survival."-- "Newsweek"
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers
- : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- : 0.213
- : 03 December 2002
- : 171mm X 106mm X 32mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Piers Paul Read
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 982.6
- : 416
- : illustrations