The story of a shipwrecked sailor /
Gabriel Gárcia Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Randolph Hogan.
- 1st Vintage International ed.
- New York : Vintage International, 1989, c1986.
- ix, 106 p. : map ; 21 cm.
"...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.". Translation of: Relato de un náufrago.
Library Journal. Wilson's Public Library. Library Journal, March 2003. Wilson's Public Library, March 2003.
Chronicles Columbian Navy crewman Luis Alejandro Velasco's ten days drifting in the Caribbean after falling overboard the destroyer "Caldas" in 1955.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources.
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Velasco, Luis Alejandro. Velasco, Luis Alejandro.
Survival. Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.