Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Adventure Library)

Acknowledged throughout the world as one of the most moving and inspiring stories of survival ever written. In 1973, sixteen Uruguayan boys, most of them teenagers, were rescued after surviving for ten weeks in the snowy wastes of the high Andes after their plane crashed. This is the story of their survival, told with compassion, understanding, and restraint.

First published in 1974
New afterword by the author
New material by and about the survivors
Maps, photographs