33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners

by Jonathan Franklin Narrated by Tony Chiroldes

Overview

Having had unparalleled access to the Chilean mine disaster, award-winning journalist Jonathan Franklin takes readers to the heart of a remarkable story of human endurance, survival, and historic heroism.33 Men is the groundbreaking, authoritative account of the Chilean mine disaster, one of the longest human entrapments in history. Rushing to the scene when the miners were discovered, Franklin obtained a coveted "Rescue Team" pass and reported directly from the front lines of the rescue operation, beyond police controls, for six weeks.Based on more than 110 intimate interviews with the miners, their families, and the rescue team, Franklin's narrative captures the remarkable story of these men and women, in details shocking, beautiful, comedic, and heroic. Gripping and raw with never-before-revealed details, 33 Men is a true story that reads like a thriller.

Editorial Reviews

James M. Tabor

A disaster book's success depends on multiple factors. Speedy publication and new information are two musts. 33 Men is both first out of the gate on this event and rich with revelations. Serendipity is important, too—being in the right place at the right time—but even that is not enough. Twenty-nine people survived the 1996 disaster on Mount Everest, but it took a Jon Krakauer to write Into Thin Air. A couple of thousand journalists were in the right place at the right time in Chile in the summer of 2010. 33 Men is proof that Franklin was the right man among them to write the book.
—The Washington Post

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171932664
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	02/14/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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