Avon Nonfiction Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, (Paperback)

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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (1974) is one of the most widely read books in the Outdoor/Adventure genre. It continually ranks in Amazon's top-25 sellers for its category, and National Ge...

from GlennBell

This is an excellent story about human endurance in extremely difficult circumstances. The author has researched the information about the situation in great detail. Approximately, he tells the sto...

from williamcostiganjr

If you enjoy true adventure stories, incredible survival tales, and suchlike, you will love this book. Piers Paul Read is a great writer, but the plot is so gripping you almost don't notice it. The...

from LisaMaria_C

In October of 1972 a plane carrying 45 passengers and crew crashed into a glacier in the Andes. Within a week there were only 27 left alive and the food was running out and soon hope of rescue was ...

from JanaRose1

In 1972 an airplane carrying forty-five people crashed into the Andes. The search was called off after eight days, only a handful of family members had any hope that they were alive. With strength,...