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To my father, Marion Lanson Bishop Sr., who gave me many gifts—faith in God, loyalty to family and country, and a passion for history and reading

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shaw, Marilyn Bishop, 1951-

Solomon / Marilyn Bishop Shaw. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

Summary: Young Solomon works as hard as his parents, all former slaves, to make a living from their remote Florida homestead in the 1860s, but is encouraged in his dreams of a more adventurous life by Mr. Pete, a family friend and former Virginia plantation owner who now gathers and sells unclaimed cattle.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN-13: 978-1-56164-349-3 (hardback : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-56164-349-1 (hardback : alk. paper)

[1. Frontier and pioneer life—Florida—Fiction. 2. Freedmen—Fiction. 3. African Americans—Fiction. 4. Race relations—Fiction. 5. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 6. Reconstruction (U.S.history, 1965-1877)—Florida—Fiction. 7. Florida—History—1865- —Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.S5342513Sol 2006

[Fic]—dc22

2005030578

First Edition

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

ISBN 978-1-56164-585-5 (e-book)

Cover art by Janeen Mason

Printed in the United States of America

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