Alive: Sixteeen Men, Seventy-Two Days, and Insurmountable Odds–the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes by Piers Paul Read
Alive: Sixteeen Men, Seventy-Two Days, and Insurmountable Odds–the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes

Piers Paul Read

Alive: Sixteeen Men, Seventy-Two Days, and Insurmountable Odds–the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes

Piers Paul Read

398 pages first pub 1974 (view editions)

nonfiction history adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
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On October 12, 1972, an Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a team of rugby players crashed in the remote snowy peaks of the Andes. Ten weeks later, only sixteen of the forty-five passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeks sp...

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4.08
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Moods

emotional: 68%

dark: 64%

adventurous: 60%

sad: 58%

inspiring: 57%

tense: 53%

challenging: 49%

informative: 45%

hopeful: 36%

reflective: 27%

funny: 2%


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63% of readers chose medium
21% of readers chose slow
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