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Uncial Press Aloha, Oregon
2009
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and events described herein are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locations, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
ISBN 13: 978-1-60174-070-0
ISBN 10: 1-60174-070-0
Copyright © 2009 by Judith B. Glad
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Copyright © 2009 by Judith B. Glad
Earlier versions of Solomon's Decision were briefly published in 2001 and 2006.
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For members of women's social clubs everywhere--women who band together to enrich their communities as well as their own lives. They give their time, energy and enthusiasm and they have fun while doing so. Thank you, ladies. You're making the world a better place.
For Richard R. Halse, because of the many hours we spent slogging through wetlands together, with an occasional encounter with slow mud.
And for Neil, one last time.
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My thanks to Karole E. Scott, Chief of Public Affairs, and Sgt. K.L. Kistner, Flight Engineer, 939th Air Rescue Wing, Air Force Reserve, for information about rescue helicopters and methods of lifting people out of dense forests.
My brother, Charles E. Bogard, helicopter pilot extraordinary, also contributed with many tales of his adventures in the air.