Authors Note
Although the book is written from real events, the author has taken "liberties" to make certain edits and has combined various true stories, thus making the novel fiction. As the author describes,"For instance, No ship that I read about was both attacked and managed to beach on Palestine's shore but each event did happen separately. I simply combined them for greater effect.
The author also takes note that,
"no character is modeled after one specific person I read about, rather my characters are modeled on many different people I both read about and interviewed."
The author also takes note that between 1945 and May 1948, 69,000 Jews traveled to Mandate Palestine illegally.
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