Alive : sixteen men, seventy-two days, and insurmountable odds-- the classic adventure of survival in the Andes
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New York : Harper Perennial, 2005.
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Published
New York : Harper Perennial, 2005.
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xiv, 398 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English

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Originally published: J.B. Lippincott Co., ©1974.
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Describes the ordeal of the survivors of an airplane crash in 1972 in the Andes wilderness in which over half of the forty-five passengers died, discussing the challenges the men faced during their ten weeks in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without supplies and with little hope of rescue.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Read, P. P. (2005). Alive: sixteen men, seventy-two days, and insurmountable odds-- the classic adventure of survival in the Andes (First Harper Perennial edition.). Harper Perennial.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Read, Piers Paul, 1941-. 2005. Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds-- the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes. Harper Perennial.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Read, Piers Paul, 1941-. Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds-- the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes Harper Perennial, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Read, Piers Paul. Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds-- the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes First Harper Perennial edition., Harper Perennial, 2005.

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