Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Adventure Library) - Hardcover

Read, Piers Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885283083 ISBN 13: 9781885283085

Publisher: Adventure Library, 1996

Synopsis

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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Review:

"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"

From the Publisher:

Reissuing with a fantastic new cover to tie-in with the release of the book for Channel 4's LOST - this is a true story of what it's like to be lost, desperate & starving...

About this edition

• Publisher: Adventure Library
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1885283083
• ISBN 13: 9781885283085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320