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Fisherman and the first mate of the Pilar, the boat belonging to the American writer Ernest Hemingway (1897–2002). Fuentes is credited by some as a model for Hemingway's protagonist, Santiago, in The Old Man and the Sea. Twelve signed copies of The Old Man and the Sea. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Softcover, 5.25 x 8, 127 pages. All signed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint, “Gregorio Fuentes, 11-7-1999, Cojimar.” In overall fine to very fine condition. RR Auction COA.