... father and son, and the importance of maintaining dignity. Gaines learned the art of storytelling firsthand in his home because it was filled with visitors who gossiped and told elaborate ghost stories and folk tales. At 15, Gaines moved to Vallejo, California, where he spent hours in the library reading Willa Cather, Turgenev, and Chekhov. He also read novels dealing with ... she is around nine, Jane works in the Big House caring for the white children. One day toward the end of the war, some fleeing confederate soldiers arrive, followed soon after by some union soldiers. While being s...

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... white sheets and started killing African Americans who returned from the dead to get revenge against their enemies. Klan members wore this attire because it was a symbol of the ghost of the confederate soldiers. Klan members also killed immigrants who they blamed for the election of Radical Republicans. Radical Republicans were a targeted along with whites that did not agree with the Ku ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School