... between several San Francisco newspapers without a steady employer or steady income. Shortly after Louise's birth the family, which was now comprised of three children including Barbara born in 1880 and Louis who was born in 1882, moved to Reno, Nevada where her father found work on newspapers in surrounding cities. The ... be a appropriate young women. At home she quickly learned that the life she saw around her was not the type of life she wanted. Her older sister Barbara, who was five years her senior, was married to a railroad brakemen. They had set up a home and where poised to live...

• Word Count: 4198
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... about my grandmother, as I never saw any of my grandparents. My grandfather John Bass, was the overseer of a large plantation in South Carolina before the Civil War. They owned a lot of slaves. After the slaves were freed, my grandfather was out of work, so he and Uncle Ashley Rhodes, my grandmothers' brother, ... said. I was only 3 when he died. Dad left $7,500 in trust, to be divided equally among his children and 480 acres of land. I had a half sister, Lucy Pitts, (lived to be 108). She received the same as anyone else. Wieghbourne, my oldest brother, borrowed Lucys' part of her inhe...

• Word Count: 5522
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

... solidify the gang sub-culture in Los Angeles, a sub-culture that has grown exponentially since World War II. Los Angeles in 1942 was on edge. A Japanese submarine had shelled a Santa Barbara oilfield on 26 February.# The next evening a questionable alert was issued stating Los Angeles was under air ... fight ensued resulting in the telling of the story over and over again on base. Whatever the triggering incident, the city erupted into a racial war that night. Approximately 50 servicemen in city cabs swarmed downtown L.A. looking for zoots. Armed with belts, chains, and the endorsement ...

• Word Count: 4735
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School