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Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds--the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes (P.S.)
Author: Piers Paul Read

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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780060778668 - ISBN-10: 0060778660
Pages: 448

Book Description:
On October 12, 1972, an Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a team of rugby players crashed in the remote snowy peaks of the Andes. Ten weeks later, only sixteen of the forty-five passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without food and with scarcely any hope of a rescue. The survivors protected and helped one another, and came 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.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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Jennifer W. (GeniusJen) wrote on 3/8/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Once I finally got into the book, this was a good story of survival. The men and women who crashed in the Andes had to overcome horrible situations -- injuries from the crash, an avalanche, and then the lack of food. What they did to survive was admirable, even if some may judge them harshly over their decision to eat the flesh of their dead friends.

That being said, though, the story moves so slowly, and the author's writing style is so staid, that it took me forever to actually feel like I was reading something worthwhile.

A good story, but it's a journey to plod through it.


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Tenia F. (captaintjf) wrote on 1/6/2009...


This is an amazing book of survival. How far would you go to survive? Would you be able to do whatever it takes to survive?

Gail J. (girl) wrote on 10/28/2007...


amazing journey


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