... neither hearing nor seeing any thing in particular. After advancing about two miles, and wading through water and mud, we spied a Johnny sitting upon his horse as a picket. He left his post and secreted himself. Halting my men for further orders, I received instructions to proceed forward with the utmost caution, and ... but bird-shot to fire at us, which whizzed about our ears in perfect showers. The writer got stung slightly in the left hand by one of these diminutive missiles from Johnny's shot-gun. They saw that we were determined to complete the job, and they destroyed the levee and...

• Word Count: 1626
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... The Socs start to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. Johnny, realizing they might kill Ponyboy, retaliates and kills Bob, one of the Socs with his switchblade. Johnny and Ponyboy run to a fellow Greaser, Dally, who is always in trouble with the law. Dally helps them by giving them some money, a gun, and a place to hide. They hide in ... it burning. When they see that there are kids inside and their cigarettes could have started the fire, they run inside to save the kids. Johnny and Dally are hurt in the fire and taken to the hospital. They are hailed as heroes in the local paper. Dally breaks o...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... was punished and forced to apologize. Al Capone did not become a leader until he went to Chicago. At the time he was still an apprentice to Johnny Torrio. In the midst of the gang violence and bootlegging was Chicago. Chicago was a great place to start a ring of organized crime. The government ... Rothstein the White Sox did lose and Rothstein got back all of his money winning bets. Charles "Lucky" Luciano was another one of the most successful gangsters during the 1920s. His place of crime was New York. Luciano started under a man named Maranzano as Capone started under Johnny Torrio. L...

• Word Count: 1574
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... was punished and forced to apologize. Al Capone did not become a leader until he went to Chicago. At the time he was still an apprentice to Johnny Torrio. In the midst of the gang violence and bootlegging was Chicago. Chicago was a great place to start a ring of organized crime. The government ... Rothstein the White Sox did lose and Rothstein got back all of his money winning bets. Charles "Lucky" Luciano was another one of the most successful gangsters during the 1920s. His place of crime was New York. Luciano started under a man named Maranzano as Capone started under Johnny Torrio. L...

• Word Count: 1574
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School