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Alive : the story of the Andes survivors by Piers Paul Read is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Alive : the story of the Andes survivors about?
In October 1972 a plane carrying an amateur team of rugby players from Montevideo to Santiago crashed in the Andes. Ten weeks later only sixteen of the forty-five passengers and crew were found alive. This is the story of their ten week ordeal, clinging to life without food. Rather than die of starvation, the survivors made the difficult decision to use the bodies of their dead companions for food. After 60 days and with no rescue in sight, two of the hardiest were selected to find a way out. They reached help ten days later. Source: jacket copy and introduction
Who reads Alive : the story of the Andes survivors?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Piers Paul Read
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott
- Published
- 1974
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780397010011
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Memoir, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.08 / 5 (37 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- إنهم يعيشون! انتصار الروح الإنسانية [Arabic] (1974)
- Alive : the story of the Andes survivors (2016)
- ¡Viven! El triunfo del espíritu humano (2023)
- Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Avon Nonfiction) (2002)
- ¡Viven! : la tragedia de los Andes (2010)
- 038000321X (N) (2016)
- Les survivants / trad. de l'anglais par Marcel Schneider (1993)
- Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Avon Nonfiction) (1974)
- Alive : sixteen men, seventy-two days, and insurmountable odds{u2014} the classic adventure of survival in the Andes (2005)
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