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The writer has presented Gonzalo Wandosell "Pius Wandosell Gil. Memories lost a bold entrepreneur. Portrait of an era: The Union 1868-1920", a fictionalized biography about his grandfather, considered one of the essential figures in the golden age of the municipality unionense

As he approaches her and Ecuador, the museums of Cante de las Minas continues unstoppable, and today has more than proved by plunging into the mining history of the Union of the labor literature, with two literary works, each of its kind, are a rich documentary evidence unionense prosperous past and its great players then, between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Thus, a packed hall of the House Pinion has emerged as the ideal narrative space to present, first, the work of fiction "West of Sancti Spiritus," Dionisio Martinez, and then fictionalized biography "Pius Wandosell Gil. Memories lost a bold entrepreneur. Portrait of an era: The Union 1868-1920 "written by the great grandson of the entrepreneur biography, Gonzalo Wandosell.

Set in 1848 and with a clear reference in its title to the mining mountains of La Union, the book of Dionisio Martinez tells a story of greed and revenge in which the fiction is interspersed with real characters, and will be marked by the discovery of a rich argentiferous galena in the slope of the Sancti Spiritus, up the hill over there in the mountains unionense, near Portman.

The Espinosa, discoverer of the galena, refuse to put the mine on behalf of the General, which triggers the assassination of head of family, the son fled to a distant country and later return, twelve years later, to try to satisfy his thirst for revenge.

As stated by the writer of Cartagena, "my work, which I presented publicly in this city, is a novel by a writer who loves what happened in La Union, where in 1848, in an age of earth, lead and silver but also of great need, people flock to this mountain trying to change their condition, looking for El Dorado. "

For its part, the biographical work "Pius Wandosell Gil. Memories lost a bold entrepreneur. Portrait of an era: The Union 1868-1920," reels off life and business career of one of the leading figures in the historical imagination Mining Union, as possessed more than 150 foundries and mines, is also devoted to public works, building, for example, the dry dock now used by the company Navantia-Cartagena was a Republican politician and councilor twice in the unionense City Council, and also organized 'rise early Flemish' with its workers and artists as important as 'the Alpargatero Red', constituting the first flamenco shows of which there are news in La Union.

Also, this fictionalized biography refutes the many legends poured on the figure of Pius Wandosell, thanks to an enormous amount of documentary evidence and photographs collected after thirteen years of research, such as ensuring that the young of Alhama de Almeria, in view of the Sierra new life offered him, changed his original name by Pius Wandosell as a form of individual promotion.

He explains his own grandson, the writer and professor Wandosell Gonzalo, who said "this book clears up some beliefs still current today, as, for instance, Pius did not start from scratch, but he came to Union after 20 years but with capital, allowing him to buy a foundry and later acquire mines to become a successful entrepreneur. "

Through this work, the author has collected and given meaning to a lot of stories, birth certificates and affidavits found in the archives of the parish of St. Nicholas of Bari (Alhama de Almeria), and many surprises "found in the far corners of comfortable forgotten "treasures he has managed to capture in 464 pages and 163 photographs.

"This work is an act of love for the people of La Union and my family as well as an act of justice," said Wandosell, who stressed that "Pius Wandosell deserved oblivion leave because he always considered unionense and because it was a figure very important for the municipality, as it featured a lot of work, always thought about the human side of its workers and was a great benefactor to various causes. "

Source: Agencias