Piers Paul Read - Alive

Pros: Engaging, non-fiction writing at its best
Cons: Negligible...

Unless you've somehow found a way to live your life without ever hearing about what is possibly the best-documented [and unique] airplane tragedy of all time, chances are you know the story behind Piers Paul Read's Alive. I had seen the film from ...

Pros: True story, Pictures included makes the tragedy more real.
Cons: That it had to happen in the first place!

Survivor, the prequel! Somewhere in the Andes Mountains the ultimate game of Survivor took place in the late fall of 1972 and involved fifteen members of a Chilean rugby team, and 25 of their friends and family, and the crew of the airplane that...

Pros: One of the BEST survival stories ever!
Cons: Very graphic

I first came across Piers Paul Read's book "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors" on a recommended reading list in high school. Having already read most of the other stuff on the list, and wanting something different, I went to the library...

Pros: Must read - 'nough said.
Cons: Fairly graphic.

This book is focused on an airplane crash in the Andes mountains during the cold winter months, of a rugby team aboard a small aircraft in the 70's.

That's the summary of what it's about, the real story lies beyond the topic, within the...

Pros: Compelling tale told with an eye toward accuracy
Cons: The pictures are not for those with weak stomachs

ALIVE tells the story of the survivors of the Andes plane crash in the early 1970's. Those of you who heard of them probably remember that they had to cannibalize the corpses of the dead in order to come off the mountain range alive themselves.
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Pros: Lots of good details
Cons: Not all people in joy survival stories

Alive is a wonderful book about Mankind’s willingness to survive even in the harshest conditions. It shows how man is still man, full of thoughts, ambitions, wants and need, full of greed, and most of all hope. Alive is a book that has everything...

Pros: Easy and Fun to read
Cons: Watching the movie is better.

“Alive” is a nonfiction book written by Piers Paul Read. The book was
published in May, 1975. It is a story about a plane crash that took place in the Andes. The plane’s destination was to reach Santiago in Chile, which it never did. As the...

Pros: The brutal and spiritual journey of these young men will uplift you.
Cons: none

This story is as fresh and riveting as when it first appeared in 1975. As a freshman in high school, I read the book with awe and admiration, wondering, of course, how I might fare in a similar situation. After all, these were not supermen, just teenage...