{"product_id":"miracle-in-the-andes-72-days-on-the-mountain-and-my-long-trek-home","title":"Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eMiracle in the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing account of an unimaginable ordeal. In straightforward, staggeringly honest prose, Nando Parrado tells us what it took--and what it actually felt like--to survive high in the Andes for 72 days after having been given up for dead. If you pick this book up, you will not be able to put it down.\" --Jon Krakauer, author of \n\u003ci\u003eUnder the Banner of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eInto Thin Air\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eInto the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Unlike the cloud that obscured the mountainside, there is no haze enshrouding the meaning of life for Nando Parrado. It was in the love for his father that Nando found the motivation to survive for over two months on a Chilean glacier. As he makes his unbelievable traverse of the Andes, Nando also demonstrates the depth of his courage, faith, and perseverance that help him later transform his losses into a source of inspiration for others. Connecting our struggles to his, we readers can use Nando as our beacon and see that there is a way out of our 'own personal Andes.'\" --Aron Ralston, author of \n\u003ci\u003eBetween a Rock and a Hard Place\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Nando Parrado's haunting experience in the Andes--grippingly, honestly, and insightfully told--ranks with the most dramatic survival stories of the last two centuries.\" --Peter Stark, author of \n\u003ci\u003eLast Breath: The Limits of Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eMiracle in the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary book. Everybody's philosophical hypotheticals were Nando Parrado's real life experiences. Would I survive an aircrash? Could I eat human flesh? Would a horrific and life-threatening event affect my religious beliefs? In the end, this account benefits enormously from the maturity that time allows. It is a beautifully written and moving story.\" --Peter Hillary, author of \n\u003ci\u003eIn the Ghost Country: A Lifetime Spent on the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Given up for dead after an air crash in the Andes in 1972, Nando Parrado not only survived but showed the strength and determination that saved his own life and that of his fifteen friends. Now he gives his own account of his ordeal--enthralling, enlightening, modest, and moving. An impressive testimony to what love can achieve.\" --Piers Paul Read, author of \n\u003ci\u003eAlive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNando Parrado\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the survivors of the 1972 plane crash that killed his mother, his younger sister, and many of his rugby teammates. Nando survived in the Andes for seventy-day days, including a ten-day trek through the mountains with his friend Roberto Canessa to find help. Following their rescue, Nando and other survivors worked with Piers Paul Read to write the #1 bestseller \n\u003ci\u003eAlive: The Story of the Andes Survivors\u003c\/i\u003e. Twenty years later, Nando served as the technical advisor in the film adaptation, in which he was played by Ethan Hawke. In 2006, he published his own version of events in \n\u003ci\u003eMiracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home\u003c\/i\u003e. Today, he is a renowned speaker and successful businessman, sportsman, and television producer. He and his wife, Veronique, have two daughters, Veronica and Cecilia, and three grandchildren: Alexia, Máximo, and Thor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - A harrowing, moving first-person account of the 1972 plane crash that left its survivors stranded on a glacier in the Andes--and one man's quest to lead them all home--by Nando Parrado, a subject of the Oscar-nominated film \u003ci\u003eSociety of the Snow\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by the author to commemorate of the fiftieth anniversary of the crash\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"In straightforward, staggeringly honest prose, Nando Parrado tells us what it took--and what it actually felt like--to survive high in the Andes for seventy-two days after having been given up for dead.\"--Jon Krakauer, author of \u003ci\u003eInto the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team to Chile had crashed deep in the Andes, killing many of his teammates, his mother, and his sister. Stranded with the few remaining survivors on a lifeless glacier and thinking constantly of his father's grief, Parrado resolved that he could not simply wait to die. So Parrado, an ordinary young man with no particular disposition for leadership or heroism, led an expedition up the treacherous slopes of a snowcapped mountain and across forty-five miles of frozen wilderness in an attempt to save his friends' lives as well as his own. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades after the disaster, Parrado tells his story with remarkable candor and depth of feeling \n\u003ci\u003e. Miracle in the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e, a first-person account of the crash and its aftermath, is more than a riveting tale of true-life adventure; it is a revealing look at life at the edge of death and a meditation on the limitless redemptive power of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eOutside\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2015 pg. 90 (EAN 9781400097692, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eWilson Nonfiction Catalog\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/11\/2019 (EAN 9781400097692, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eWilson Senior High Catalog\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/11\/2019 (EAN 9781400097692, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/30\/2006 pg. 22 (EAN 9780739326329, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/20\/2006 pg. 145 (EAN 9781400097678, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/15\/2006 pg. 279 (EAN 9781400097678, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/15\/2006 pg. 21 (EAN 9781400097678, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/15\/2006 pg. 86 (EAN 9781400097678, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 48 (EAN 9781400097678, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 146 (EAN 9781400097678, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 11 (EAN 9781400097678, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eWilson Nonfiction Catalog\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/11\/2019 (EAN 9781400097678, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eWilson Senior High Catalog\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/11\/2019 (EAN 9781400097678, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Parrado, Nando\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2007-05-15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Adventurers \u0026amp; Explorers|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Memoirs|Sports \u0026amp; Recreation|Mountaineering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks|Aircraft accidents|Andes Region|Cannibalism|Parrado, Nando|Aircraft accident victims|Uruguay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400097692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781400097692\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154160353558,"sku":"SP-9781400097692","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781400097692_spiral.png?v=1774934949","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/miracle-in-the-andes-72-days-on-the-mountain-and-my-long-trek-home","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}