description: 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.
language: English
title: Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
titlecomplete: Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Avon Nonfiction)
characters: Mrs. Mariani, Eduardo Strauch, Coche Inciarte, Entique Platero, Roy Harley, Arturo Nogueira, Pedro Algorta, Pancho Delgado, Marcelo Pérez, Rafael Echavarren, Panchito Abal, Javier Methol, Carlitos Páez, Diego Storm, Roberto Canessa, Gustavo Zerbino, Bobby Francois, Carlos Valeta, Liliana Methol, Susanna Parrado, Fito Strauch, Daniel Fernández, Antonio Vizintin, Moncho Sabella, Nando Parrado
genres: Historical, History, Survival, Adventure, Memoir, Biography Memoir, True Story, Travel, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 74164
places: Chile, Santiago, Andes Mountains, Montevideo, Argentina
publisher: Perfection Learning