Deep down dark : the untold stories of 33 men buried in a Chilean mine, and the miracle that set them free / Héctor Tobar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tobar, Héctor, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

San José Mine Accident, Chile, 2010.

Gold mines and mining--Accidents--Chile--Copiapó Region.

Gold mines and mining.

Copper mines and mining--Accidents--Chile--Copiapó Region.

Copper mines and mining.

Mine rescue work--Chile--Copiapó Region.

Mine rescue work.

Survival--Chile--Copiapó Region.

Survival.

Copper mines and mining--Accidents.

Gold mines and mining--Accidents.

Chile.

Physical Description:

x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First editon.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.

Summary:

A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist relates the experiences of the thirty-three men who endured entrapment beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days during the San José mine collapse outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010.

Contents:

Cities in the desert

Beneath the mountain of thunder and sorrow. A company man ; The end of everything ; The dinner hour ; "I'm always hungry" ; Red alert! ; "We have sinned" ; Blessed among women ; A flickering flame ; Cavern of dreams

Seeing the devil. The speed of sound ; Christmas ; Astronauts ; Absolute leader ; Cowboys ; Saints, statues, Satan ; Independence Day ; Rebirth

The Southern Cross. In a better country ; The tallest tower ; Underground ; Under the stars.

ISBN:

9780374280604

0374280606

OCLC:

869263677