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Author Jiles, Paulette, 1943- author.

Title Simon the fiddler : a novel / Paulette Jiles.

Publication Info. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION JILES    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  F JILES, P.    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Fiction  F JILES    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC JILES    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION JILES    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION JILES    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  FIC JILES    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  F JILES PAULETTE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FIC JILE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  F JILES    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 341 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Note Map on endpapers.
Summary "In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Till now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his talent with a fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position in a regimental band. Weeks later, on the eve of the Confederate surrender, Simon and his bandmates are called to play for officers and their families from both sides of the conflict. There the quick-thinking, audacious fiddler can't help but notice the lovely Doris Mary Dillon, an indentured girl from Ireland, who is governess to a Union colonel's daughter. After the surrender, Simon and Doris go their separate ways. He will travel around Texas seeking fame and fortune as a musician. She must accompany the colonel's family to finish her three years of service. But Simon cannot forget the fair Irish maiden, and vows that someday he will find her again."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Fiddlers -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- Fiction.
Draftees -- Fiction.
Indentured servants -- Fiction.
Irish -- United States -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Historical / General.
FICTION / Westerns.
Fiddlers. (OCoLC)fst00923794
Indentured servants. (OCoLC)fst00968872
Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) (OCoLC)fst01754987
Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Contract labor -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationship -- Fiction.
Reconstruction (1865-1876) -- Fiction.
Texas -- History -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War -- Fiction.
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Chronological Term 1861-1877
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
ISBN 9780062966742 (hardcover)
006296674X (hardcover)
9780063011748 paperback
0063011743 paperback
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