<P> A group of fishermen gather the next day around the boat where the fish's skeleton is still attached . One of the fishermen measures it to be 18 feet (5.5 m) from nose to tail . Pedrico is given the head of the fish, and the other fishermen tell Manolin to tell the old man how sorry they are . Tourists at the nearby café mistakenly take it for a shark . The boy, worried about the old man, cries upon finding him safe asleep and at his injured hands . Manolin brings him newspapers and coffee . When the old man wakes, they promise to fish together once again . Upon his return to sleep, Santiago dreams of his youth--of lions on an African beach . </P> <P> Ernest Hemingway in 1954 </P> <P> Written in 1951, and published in 1952, The Old Man and the Sea is Hemingway's final full - length work published during his lifetime . The book, dedicated to "Charlie Scribner" and to Hemingway's literary editor "Max Perkins", was featured in Life magazine on September 1, 1952, and five million copies of the magazine were sold in two days . </P> <P> The Old Man and the Sea became a Book of the Month Club selection, and made Hemingway a celebrity . Published in book form on September 1, 1952, the first edition print run was 50,000 copies . The illustrated edition featured black and white pictures by Charles Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard . </P>

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