Dragons in the Waters
Who is Simon named after in the novel, Dragons in the Waters?
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Dragons in the Waters
Simon is named for his ancestor Quentin Phair and for Simon Bolivar, the South American general who led early nineteenth-century revolutions in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia. Quentin Phair was a soldier who aided Bolivar in his battles for independence and then returned to South Carolina to start a new life.
Dragons in the Waters