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FUENTES, Gregorio (1897-1901). Cuban fisherman. In 1928 Fuentes was 30 years old and was fishing near the Dry Tortugas he picked up a distress call from an American caught in a storm. It was Ernest Hemingway and that rescue proved to be the beginning of a lifelong friendship. Hemingway hired Gregorio Fuentes to be his skipper and Fuentes spent 22 years navigating the “Pilar” and mixing Hemingway’s drinks. Ernest Hemingway spent 2 years with Gregorio Fuentes in the Romano Archipelago hunting German Nazi submarines. They had a Thompson Sub Machine Gun bolted to their boat. The U.S. Navy commissioned Ernest Hemingway as an Enemy Scout. Gregorio Fuentes was immortalized as the character “Santiago” in his book The Old Man and the Sea. Original drink coaster from the Floridita, Havana, Cuba where Hemingway and Fuentes spent much of their time drinking. There stools at the end of the bar are still on display. The Floridita is the bar where the daiquiri was invented. The coaster is boldly hand signed by Gregorio Fuentes. An in person signature, comes with an original photo of Fuentes in his living room signing the coaster......................................$95.00
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