33 men : inside the miraculous survival and dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners /

Franklin, Jonathan, 1964-

33 men : inside the miraculous survival and dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners / Thirty-three men Jonathan Franklin. - Large print ed. - Detroit : Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning, c2011. - 397 p. (large print) : maps ; 23 cm.

Buried alive -- A desperate search -- Stuck in hell -- Speed vs. precision -- 17 days of silence -- A bonanza at the bottom of the mine -- Crawling back to life -- The marathon -- TV reality -- Finish line in sight -- The final days -- The final preparations -- The rescue -- First days of freedom.

Presents an account of the 2010 San Jose mine rescue in Chile, in which all thirty-three miners miraculously survived, providing intimate details of life inside the mine as well as the dramatic rescue operation above ground.

1410436624 (hardcover : large print) 9781410436627 (hardcover : large print)

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