![]() ![]() But Simon cannot forget the fair Irish maiden, and vows that someday he will find her again. ![]() She must accompany the colonel's family to finish her three years of service. He will travel around Texas seeking fame and fortune as a musician. ![]() 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.Īfter the surrender, Simon and Doris go their separate ways. She plays Irish tin whistle with a bluegrass group, sings alto in choir, rides remote trails in Texas with friends. ![]() 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. Luckily his talent with a fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position in a regimental band. But following a barroom brawl in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however belatedly, into the Confederate Army. 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. In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Books published Post-1980 Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, by Casey Cep 22 votes 34.4 News of the World, by Paulette Jiles 15 votes 23. ![]()
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