“A classic in the literature of survival.” —Newsweek On October 12, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a team of rugby players crashed in the remote, snow-peaked Andes Mountains. Ten weeks later, only 16 of the 45 passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the plane’s fuselage without food and scarcely any hope of a rescue. They survived by protecting and helping one another, and coming 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.
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
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Author: Read, Piers Paul
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 9780380003211
Details:
Author: Read, Piers Paul
Brand: Avon Books
Color: Blue
Edition: Reissue
Features:
- paperback, 1975, Piers Paul Read, nonfiction, Alive
- The Story of the Andes Survivors
- adventure, survival, cannibalism, horror
- tragedy, aircraft, plane crashes, air disasters
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Format: Unabridged
Number Of Pages: 318
Release Date: 03-12-2002
Part Number: 9780380003211
Package Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780380003211
