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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| VC Cape Town | General Books | 000025885 | REA | 1 |
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