Neptune's Honor: A Story Of Loyalty And Love - Hardcover

Mueller, Pamela Bauer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0968509762 ISBN 13: 9780968509760

Publisher: Pinata Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Born into slavery in 1831 on Retreat Plantation, St. Simons Island, Neptune became the childhood friend and servant of plantation heir Henry Lord King. Their devoted friendship, which finally evolved into a shared struggle to survive on the Civil War battlefields, is an inspiring example of how two men from completely different backgrounds can stand united as brothers in times of sacrifice and tragedy. This historical account of courage, honor, compassion and loyalty accurately chronicles family records of the man they called Neptune.

Award winning author Pamela Bauer Mueller has dreamed of introducing her readers to the history of Georgia’s Golden Isles ever since she became a resident of coastal Georgia. In Neptune’s Honor, she offers the unforgettable story of a noble servant named Neptune Small.

“As a descendant of Neptune Small and a student of coastal Georgia history, I’m delighted that a story has been written in honor of my great-great grandfather’s heroism. Neptune’s Honor touched me deeply. I felt as though I were there with Neptune, experiencing his life, hearing the subtle billowing of the Atlantic, smelling musty earth odors of the island marshes and feeling the ocean breezes as they blew on Neptune’s St. Simons Island. While Neptune’s Honor is a very touching and powerful story of love, loyalty and honor, it is based on the life of a privileged slave, and in no way represents the level of intense bondage and deprivation endured by the vast majority of my enslaved ancestors.”

- William Bernard Barnes Jr. - Great-great grandson of Neptune Small

“Neptune’s Honor is a moving tale of the ages, for all ages, and is based on a true story! Neptune comes to life as he exemplifies the real essence of the human experience through endurance, commitment, bravery, devotion and, most of all, HONOR! This story of bondage, courage and ultimate freedom in the plantation south is told by Pamela Bauer Mueller with great passion, energy, accuracy and wonderful readability.”

- Buddy Sullivan - Coastal Georgia Historian/Award Winning Author

Lexile rating 980L Accelerated Reader Quiz #88856

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From the Publisher

Piņata Publishing is pleased to announce that Pamela Bauer Mueller and Neptune's Honor were selected as the winner in the 42nd Annual Georgia Author of the Year Children's/Young Adult Independently Published division. Neptune's Honor was also selected as a finalist for an "IPPY" in the Independent Publisher's Group Children's Multicultural category.

About the Author

Pamela Bauer Mueller, an award-winning children’s author, brings valuable messages about relationships, love, loyalty and acceptance to school groups and civic organizations. She now resides in St. Simons Island, Georgia with her husband and cat. She was raised in Oregon and graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She worked as a flight attendant for Pan American Airlines before moving to Mexico City, where she lived for eighteen years, raising two daughters in a bicultural, bilingual environment. After returning to the United States, Pamela worked for twelve years as a U.S. Customs inspector. She served six years in San Diego and then was selected for a foreign assignment in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Ms. Bauer Mueller took an early retirement from the Customs Service to become a full-time author. She and her Mexican cat, Kiska, wrote The Kiska Trilogy: The Bumpedy Road, Rain City Cats and Eight Paws to Georgia, which encompassed their adventurous living in Mexico, Canada and the United States. These middle-reader books delight cat lovers of all ages.

Two years ago, Pamela’s daughter decided to raise a guide dog puppy. Pamela watched this tender and heartfelt friendship between dog and puppy raiser and eventually depicted this sweet love journey in Hello, Goodbye, I Love You: The Story of Aloha, A Guide Dog for the Blind, an award-winning book and that was also selected as a 2004 Children’s Choice selection by the International Reading Association-Children’s Book Council.

Her newest book, an historical novel entitled Neptune’s Honor: A Story of Loyalty and Love, portrays the story of two best friends in antebellum Georgia—one born into slavery and the other, the son of the slave’s master. Their devoted friendship, which finally evolves into a shared struggle to survive on the Civil War battlefields, is an inspiring example of how two men from completely different backgrounds can stand united as brothers in times of sacrifice and tragedy. Based on months of extensive research, including interviews with the descendants of Neptune Small, Neptune’s Honor delivers a powerful lesson about personal courage, bondage and ultimate freedom.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pinata Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0968509762
• ISBN 13: 9780968509760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 189