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Alive tells the story of an Uruguayan rugby team (who were alumni of Stella Maris College), and their friends and family who were involved in the airplane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. The plane crashed into the Andes mountains on Friday 13 October 1972.
- Piers Paul Read
- 1974
Alive is a nonfiction book published in 1974 by the British author Piers Paul Read. It is based on the true story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains in 1972. The stranded men resorted to cannibalism to survive. The book was adapted into a film of the same name in 1993.
On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive.
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- Piers Paul Read
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more.
Nov 8, 2016 · Download Alive on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, and Open Road Media. How novelist Piers Paul Read came to write the blockbuster nonfiction sensation Alive.
- Piers Paul Read
Aug 27, 2009 · You’ve heard it, seen the films (Alive!, and Stranded!), read the books (also Alive!, and Parrado’s own account, Miracle in the Andes), but it bears repeating. It is simply that...
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