When I Fell From The Sky
The True Story of One Woman's Miraculous Survival
$29.60
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2012
Summary
Soon to be a major film starring Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner - Girl Who Fell From the Sky
On December 24th 1971, the teenage Juliane boarded the packed flight in Peru to meet her father for Christmas. She and her mother fought to get some of the last seats available and felt thankful to have made the flight. The LANSA airplane flew into a heavy thunderstorm and went down in dense Amazon jungle hundreds of miles from civilization.
She fell two miles from the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857885835 |
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| ISBN-10: | 185788583X |
| Author: | Juliane Koepcke |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Nicholas Brealey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 137mm x 22mm |
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She did not leave the airplane, the airplane left her. - Werner Herzog, director of Grizzly Man
Juliane Koepcke writes compellingly of the crash and her unusual childhood - Financial Times (DE)Exhilaratingly written. - Express (DE)Her memoir is a gripping account of a harrowing adventure and an inspiring life. - Publishers WeeklyHer account of the 11-day trek is enthralling. In shock and suffering from injuries, she made it to a river s edge without her eyeglasses, wearing just a minidress and one sandal. It was rainy season, so there was no fruit to eat. She was either freezing or boiling, set upon by bugs. She contended with stingrays, snakes, king vultures and caimans. Eventually, local woodcutters found her and mistook her for a water goddess. Brought to safety, she became an international icon of hope. - Maclean’s MagazineAbout The Author
Juliane Koepcke
Juliane Koepcke, whose married name is Diller, was born in 1954 and grew up in Lima and the rain forest, where her parents founded the Panguana research station. She earned a doctoral degree in biology and works for the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Munich. She returns to Peru every year. Her incredible story was documented in the film Wings of Hope, directed by Werner Herzog.
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