Deep down dark : the untold stories of 33 men buried in a Chilean mine, and the miracle that set them free Cover Image

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

Tobar, Héctor, 1963- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780374280604
ISBN: 0374280606
ISBN: 9781250074850
Physical Description: x, 309 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I Beneath the Mountain of Thunder and Sorrow -- 1 A Company Man 19 -- 2 End of Everything 29 -- 3 Dinner Hour 43 -- 4 "I'm Always Hungry" 55 -- 5 Red Alert! 73 -- 6 "We Have Sinned" 85 -- 7 Blessed Among Women 103 -- 8 A Flickering Flame 121 -- 9 Cavern of Dreams 139 -- Part II Seeing the Devil -- 10 Speed of Sound 163 -- 11 Christmas 173 -- 12 Astronauts 187 -- 13 Absolute Leader 207 -- 14 Cowboys 217 -- 15 Saints, Statues, Satan 229 -- 16 Independence Day 237 -- 17 Rebirth 249 -- Part III Southern Cross -- 18 In a Better Country 267 -- 19 Tallest Tower 273 -- 20 Underground 283 -- 21 Under the Stars 295.