The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor Who Drifted on a Life Raft for Ten Days Without Food Or Water, was Proclaimed a National Hero, Kissed by Beauty Queens, Made Rich Through Publicity, and Then Spurned by the Government and Forgotten for All Time book cover

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor Who Drifted on a Life Raft for Ten Days Without Food Or Water, was Proclaimed a National Hero, Kissed by Beauty Queens, Made Rich Through Publicity, and Then Spurned by the Government and Forgotten for All Time

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Pages: 106

Language: English

ISBN: 9780140157550

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This is Marquez's account of a real-life event. In 1955, eight crew members of the destroyer Caldas, were swept into the Caribbean Sea. The sole survivor, Luis Alejandro Belasco, told the true version of the events to Marquez, causing great scandal at the time.

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