Salomon

by David Xavier

Salomon (Part Four) Salomon Pico flees to Baja California under the advice of his cousin, Pio Pico. There he works the untamed land under the Colonel Jose Castro of the Mexican Army, an associate of Pio's, and assumes the role of Captain of the Guard, La Frontera. But circumstances of his old ways catch up to him in his new life in a thrilling conclusion. The Legend Before the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill brought tens of thousands of prospectors to California, the land was sparsely populated by Californios up from Mexico. It was untamed land. The wild West. Salomon Pico was one of these Californios, the cousin of Pio Pico, the last governor of Alta California, before it became a US territory after the Mexican-American War. Salomon rode the California hills as a ranchero, and then as a scout for the Mexican Army under Captain Andres Pico. These glittering hills would eventually be named for Salomon, although, the reasons for which are bloody. He returned home to a land overrun with gold seekers. Brutal circumstances lead Salomon to become one of the most legendary bandits California has ever seen. The life of Salomon Pico became the basis for the fictional character the world knows as Zorro.

88 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 13, 2015

About the author

"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write."

My favorite authors are the dead guys of literary fiction: Graham Greene, Richard Yates, Evelyn Waugh, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis. I have to put Cormac McCarthy and Charles Portis on the list.

These authors influence my writing. I have written seven novels. They are all free to read. Just ask for a copy.