42 pages • 1 hour read
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1955
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Further Reading & Resources
Further Reading: Literature
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (2010)
The story is a type of biography about Louis Zamperini. Specifically pertinent to The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor is Zamperini’s account of being stranded at sea on a raft with two other airmen. It offers a comparison and contrast to Velasco’s account.
Further Reading: Beyond Literature
“The Hack: The Journalistic Education of Gabriel García Márquez” by Miles Corwin (2010)
“Luis Velasco; ‘Shipwrecked Sailor’ Was His Story” by Juanita Darling (2000)
“Sesenta años de la tragedia del marinero Velasco” by Óscar Alarcón Nuñez (2015)
