Alive : the story of the Andes survivors
by
 
Read, Piers Paul, 1941-

Title
Alive : the story of the Andes survivors

Author
Read, Piers Paul, 1941-

ISBN
9780099432494

Personal Author
Read, Piers Paul, 1941-

Publication Information
London : Arrow, 2005.

Physical Description
307 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 18 cm

General Note
"They overcame the impossible by doing the unthinkable ..."--Cover.
 
Originally published: London: Alison, 1974.

Abstract
Alive tells the true story of a group of plane crash survivors. Weakened by starvation, extreme cold, and by the awful knowledge that the search for them had been called off, the survivors had to eat the flesh of their dead companions to survive.

Subject Term
Aircraft accidents -- Andes Region.
 
Shipwreck survival.
 
Cannibalism -- Andes Region.
 
Aircraft accidents. (OCoLC)fst00802778
 
Cannibalism. (OCoLC)fst00845849
 
Shipwreck survival. (OCoLC)fst01761960

Geographic Term
Andes Region. (OCoLC)fst01241744


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