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001 2011005478
003 DLC
005 20110224170709.0
008 110204s2011 nyu 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011005478
020 $a9780230115156 (hardback)
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050 00 $aTN311$b.P5613 2011
082 00 $a622/.34220983145$222
084 $aHIS033000$aBIO000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aPino Toro, Manuel.
240 10 $aVivos bajo tierra.$lEnglish
245 10 $aBuried alive :$bthe true story of the Chilean mining disaster and the extraordinary rescue at Camp Hope /$cManuel Pino Toro.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
263 $a1105
300 $ap. cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"On August 5, 2010, a tunnel in the gold and copper mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile collapsed, with all of its miners trapped underground. For days, the families waited breathlessly as percussion drills searched out signs of life. Finally, a note came back from below--the miners were alive and safe. Now the rescue crew needed to burrow through 2300 feet of solid rock to get them out. For nine weeks, the world watched as Chile threw all of its resources into the effort. Televisions flashed images of worried families holding vigil night and day and of Chile's newly elected President Pinera making their recovery his personal crusade. What the cameras didn't reveal was the behind-the-scenes intrigue: the corruption that led to faulty construction of the tunnel in the first place; how the men lived in a muddy and humid environment where the temperature was unbearably hot; how the rescue effort became a political campaign to raise the president's sagging numbers; and the abundant hope necessary to sustain the men in their underground captivity. Author Manuel Pino takes us into his native Chile and, drawing on direct access to the miners and their families, weaves a rich narrative of extraordinary survival and triumph"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aGold mines and mining$xAccidents$zChile$zCopiapó Region.
650 0 $aCopper mines and mining$xAccidents$zChile$zCopiapó Region.
650 0 $aMine rescue work$zChile$zCopiapó Region.
650 0 $aSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.$zChile$zCopiapó Region.
650 0 $aGold miners$zChile$zCopiapó Region$vBiography.
650 0 $aCopper miners$zChile$zCopiapó Region$vBiography.
651 0 $aCopiapó Region (Chile)$xHistory$y21st century.
651 0 $aCopiapó Region (Chile)$vBiography.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Latin America / South America$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General$2bisacsh.