Alive

sixteen men seventy-two days and insurmountable odds-- the classic adventure of survival in the Andes
Piers Paul Read
Book - 2005

Describes the ordeal of the survivors of an airplane crash in 1972 in the Andes wilderness in which over half of the forty-five passengers died, discussing the challenges the men faced during their ten weeks in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without supplies and with little hope of rescue.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Read, Piers Paul, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, 2005.
Edition:1st Harper Perennial ed.
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