Description: "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. Author: Piers Paul Read Publisher: Avon Books Published: 12/03/2 Book and Mortar Record Store Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors -- Piers Paul Read "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. Author: Piers Paul Read Publisher: Avon Books Published: 12/03/2002 Pages: 416 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.47lbs Size: 6.75h x 4.16w x 1.25d ISBN: 9780380003211 Accelerated Reader: Reading Level: 7.7 Point Value: 19 Interest Level: Upper Grade Quiz #/Name: 19776 / Alive
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Book Title: Alive : the Story of the Andes Survivors
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2002
Topic: Special Interest / Adventure, Sociology / General, Adventurers & Explorers, Latin America / South America
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Author: Piers Paul Read
Item Length: 6.8 in
Item Width: 4.2 in
Format: Mass Market
