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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Perfection Learning
  • Publish Date: Dec 3rd, 2002
  • Pages: NA
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.60in - 4.50in - 1.30in - 0.50lb
  • EAN: 9780812415018
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: Adventurers & ExplorersFilm - GeneralMountaineering

Praise for this book

"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"