num_pages: 352
description: 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
language: English
title: Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
titlecomplete: Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
characters: Eduardo Strauch, Mrs. Mariani, Rafael Echavarren, Coche Inciarte, Daniel Fernández, Carlos Valeta, Pancho Delgado, Entique Platero, Pedro Algorta, Javier Methol, Bobby Francois, Carlitos Páez, Roberto Canessa, Nando Parrado, Gustavo Zerbino, Marcelo Pérez, Panchito Abal, Roy Harley, Liliana Methol, Diego Storm, Moncho Sabella, Arturo Nogueira, Susanna Parrado, Antonio Vizintin, Fito Strauch
genres: Historical, Biography, Adventure, Memoir, Nonfiction, Survival, Travel, Biography Memoir, True Story, History
ratings_count: 74172
places: Andes Mountains, Santiago, Chile, Montevideo, Argentina
publisher: J.B. Lippincott