When I Fell From the sky : : the True Story of one Woman's Miraculous Survival
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Translation of: Als ich vom Himmel fiel : wie mir der Dschungel mein Leben zurückgab (Munich : Malik, 2011; 9783890293899).
Includes index.
Christmas Eve, 1971 -- My new life -- A childhood among animals -- What I learned about life from my father -- My life in two worlds -- How I became a jungle girl -- The crash -- Alone in the jungle -- Pucallpa today -- The large river -- The return -- One survived! -- Greetings from this world and the next -- Terrible certainty, agonizing uncertainty -- Nothing is the same as it was -- Homecoming to a foreign country -- Miracles still happen -- A reunion and a return -- The secret soul of the forest -- Keeping an eye fixed on the future.
Describes an 11-day ordeal faced by the 17-year old sole survivor of an airplane crash in the Peruvian jungle in 1971.
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PUBLISHED
Green Bay, WI : TitleTown Publishing, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780983754701
0983754705
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Rygiert, Beate.
Benjamin, Ross.
SUBJECTS
Koepcke, Juliane.
Airplane crash survival -- Peru -- Personal narratives.
Aircraft accidents -- Peru -- Personal narratives.