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Alive

The Story of the Andes Survivors (Avon Nonfiction)

byPiers Paul Read

Who is this book for? Readers interested in true survival stories and adventure narratives.

Topics SurvivalFriendshipCourage
MoodSuspenseful, Hopeful
ViolenceMild
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.

Language

en

Published on

01/05/1975

Pages

416

Format

Mass Market Paperback

ISBN

9780380003211

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