When I fell from the sky : the true story of one woman's miraculous survival

Book 2012

On Christmas Eve 1971, the packed LANSA flight 508 from Lima to Pucallpa was struck by lightning and went down in dense jungle hundreds of miles from civilization. Of its 93 passengers, only one survived: Juliane Koepcke -- here is her fascinating story of survival against all the odds

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Aircraft accidents Peru Personal narratives

Airplane crash survival Peru Personal narratives

Jungle survival Peru Personal narratives

Koepcke, Juliane

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ISBN:

9781857885835

Description:

xii, 227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Als ich vom Himmel fiel. English
Als ich vom Himmel fiel. English

Notes:

Includes index
Text in English, translated from the German

Contents:

My New Life
A Childhood Among Animals
What I Learned About Life From My Father
My Life In Two Worlds
How I Became A Jungle Girl
The Crash
Alone In The Jungle
Pucallpa Today
The Large River
The Return
One Survived!
Greetings From This World And The Next
Terrible Certainty, Agonizing Uncertainty
Nothing Is The Same As It Was
Homecoming To A Foreign Country
Miracles Still Happen
A Reunion And A Return
The Secret Soul Of The Forest
Keeping An Eye Fixed On The Future

Control Number:

3417828

Other Authors:

Benjamin, Ross, translator
Rygiert, Beate, author

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