Alive: The Story Of The Andes Survivors

Author: Piers Paul Read

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Price : $22.99 AUD
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ISBN : 9780380003211
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Weight (g) : 0.213
Publication date : 03 December 2002
Dimensions : 171mm X 106mm X 32mm
Produced in : United States
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Author : Piers Paul Read
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 982.6
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Pages : 416
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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"