Trapped how the world rescued 33 miners from 2,000 feet below the Chilean desert

Tells the story of thirty-three miners trapped in a copper-gold mine in San Jose, Chile and how experts from around the world, from drillers, to astronauts, to submarine specialists, came together to make their remarkable rescue possible.

Main Author: Aronson, Marc.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Summary: Tells the story of thirty-three miners trapped in a copper-gold mine in San Jose, Chile and how experts from around the world, from drillers, to astronauts, to submarine specialists, came together to make their remarkable rescue possible.
Physical Description: 134 p. : ill. , [8] p. of plates, map ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-127) and index.
ISBN: 9781416913979 (hbk.) :
1416913971 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Marc Aronson is the acclaimed author of Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert , which earned four starred reviews. He is also the author of Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue and Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado , winner of the ALA's first Robert F. Sibert Award for nonfiction and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. He has won the LMP award for editing and has a PhD in American history from New York University. Marc is a member of the full-time faculty in the graduate program of the Rutgers School of Communication and Information. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his wife, Marina Budhos, and sons. You can visit him online at MarcAronson.com.