Alive

About this book

#1 New York Times Bestseller"No one will come away unmoved by thebook, and no one will be able to put it down.... There is no way of reading Alivewithout a heightened sense of one's own life and its value." -- NewRepublicSixteen Men, Seventy-Two Days, andInsurmountable Odds--the Classic Adventure of Survival in the AndesOn October 12, 1972, an Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a team of rugby players crashed in theremote snowy peaks of the Andes. Ten weeks later, only sixteen of theforty-five passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeksspent in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without food and with scarcely anyhope of a rescue. The survivors protected and helped one another, and came tothe difficult conclusion that to live meant doing the unimaginable. Confrontingnature at its most furious, two brave young men risked their lives to hikethrough the mountains looking for help. A taleof astonishing bravery and adventure, Alive is much more than a survivalstory, it is a breathtaking saga of human courageThe P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insightsinto the book, including interviews, recommended reading, and more.