| Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Contributor(s): Read, Piers Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 038000321X ISBN-13: 9780380003211 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - Performing Arts | Film - General - Sports & Recreation | Mountaineering |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003269866 |
| Lexile Measure: 1160 |
| Series: Avon Nonfiction |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 4.1" W x 6.7" (0.50 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 19776 Reading Level: 7.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 19.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Read, Piers Paul: - Paul Piers Read is the author of numerous, critically acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, including A Patriot in Berlin (1996), Ablaze: The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl (1993), On the Third Day (1989), and A Season in the West (1989). Mr. Read lives in London. |