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| Title | : | Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors |
| Author | : | Piers Paul Read |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 318 pages |
| Published | : | December 3rd 1975 by Avon (first published 1974) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Adventure. History. Survival. Biography. Travel. Autobiography. Memoir |
Piers Paul Read
Paperback | Pages: 318 pages Rating: 4.11 | 62349 Users | 1257 Reviews
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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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| Original Title: | Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors |
| ISBN: | 038000321X (ISBN13: 9780380003211) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Chile Argentina Andes Mountains |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 62349 Users | 1257 ReviewsWeigh Up Appertaining To Books Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Update 2/11/2020: Sergio Catalán died today. He was the Chilean muleteer who rode his horse for 120 km to assist Fernando Parrado and Roberto Canessa after they walked 10 days through the mountains seeking for help. For us Uruguayans he will always be a national hero. RIP."The simplest person can be the most extraordinary if he does the right things for the right reasons." Gustavo Servino, survivor or the Andes plane crash.------------Actualización: 11/2/2020: Hoy falleció Sergio Catalán. Él fueIf you could read just 10 books in rest of your life,this book is worthy of being one of them!This is a book based on reality that shook the conscience of the world in 1970s and even after almost 40 years past the incident,the book makes such a compelling reading!A football team hires a chartered Plane to play a friendly match across the Andes,due to co-piolt's mistake the plane crashes and our story begins,how they managed to survive is one of the all time great stories of them all!They don't
I know, I know. Am I on a cannibal kick or something? I just finished this book on the Donner Party a few weeks ago, now Im reading Alive AND Miracle in the Andes? (Ill also throw in Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History, though I read that a few years back). ...Im sorry, what can I say? Im hungry, okay? In the coronavirus chaos, its a dog eat dog world. Ill start off by saying that this is rather more satisfying a read than the Donner Party book, the Indifferent Stars Abovenot because the
In October of 1972, a chartered plane carrying 45 passengers and crew left Uruguay to travel to Chile. A majority of the passengers were made up of young men who were part of an amateur rugby team going to Chile for a game. Others included family and friends. Over the rugged Andes, the pilot made a fatal error, and the plane crashed into the side of a mountain, flinging parts of the tail section, fuselage, wing, rudder and even some passengers out over the desolate landscape. The survivors were,
Haunting, haunting book. I read this too long ago to give a proper review but the account itself has stayed with me for years. Amazing story of survival against incredible odds. Not for the faint hearted but truly gripping.CONTENT WARNING: Some strong language and traumatic events. (And by that I mean, plane crash, avalanche, death and cannibalism)
This book is one of those novels that you will never forget. It is a phenomenal writing piece based on a rugby team whose plane crashed when flying over the Andes Mountains. They were stuck in these mountains for over ten weeks. Forty five passengers and the crew were on the plane before it crashed, and only sixteen of the passengers left the mountain alive. This book will go down as one of my all-time favorite novels in the entire world. Since it is a survival story, at any point in time
I read this when it first came out in PB, so many years ago, mid-70's. I'd give it 5 stars because I still remember it so clearly, but I never wanted to re-read it. It was well done, but pretty gruesome. Stranded for 10 weeks with not much else to eat but dead passengers (some of them team mates) injured, & cold. They tried a number of things, but finally 2 of them managed to walk out & get help. It's one of the most incredible stories of survival I've ever read.I wondered what happened
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