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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Alive The Story of the Andes Survivors
Author: Piers Paul Read
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. A...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780380003211
ISBN-10: 038000321X
Publication Date: 5/1/1975
Pages: 318
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4 stars, based on 120 ratings
Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
The story of the Andes Survivors. Their place crashed high in th eAndes. Their only shelter was the plane's shattered fuselage, their only supplies a little wine and some bits of candy. In the beginning, there were thirty-two survivors. Then, only twenty-seven; then, nineteen....and, in the end, sixteen. This is their story--the greatest modern epic of catastrophe and human endurance.
reviewed Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Not for the squeamish but still a vivid and riveting account of a very remarkable story of survival.
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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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The book was great. It was awful how those poor people had to eat others to survive and stuff
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Haunting.
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exciting book.
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This book was wonderful.
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An aircraft carrying rugby players crashes in the Andes. This book tells of their amazing 72 day struggle to survive.


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