You've read the story of Jesse James While watching some of the two-part Bonnie and Clyde miniseries on the History Channel, I was reminded that I have seen their actual "death car", in which police fired 187 shots in just 16 seconds. I have also seen the car that was used in the 1967 Bonnie and Clyde movie. I was young and didn't know what I was seeing at the time, but the image of the bullet-riddled cars has stuck in my brain for many, many years. Some day they'll go down together they'll bury them side by side. The apartment still stands, narrowly surviving the May 22, 2011, EF5 tornado that swept through Joplin. Due to the housing shortage following the tornado, the place was leased as a private residence. | If they try to act like citizens The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow is an intriguing one that is a part of Joplin's history. On April 13, 1933, after hiding out in a garage apartment at 3347½ Oak Ridge Drive in Joplin, the gang shot and killed Joplin Police Detective Harry McGinnis and Newton County Sheriff's Department Constable J. W. Harryman. As a side note, one of the side characters in my newest book, Out of the Wind, is (ironically) a Joplin police officer named Sergeant Lloyd Barrow. Block quotes taken from Bonnie Parker's original poem, The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde. |
"Thank you for writing 'our' story. It is important to remember and document for future generations. [Out of the Wind] was very thoughtfully and skillfully crafted."
"I read it in one and a half days. I absorbed it. It was so...personal." "I couldn't put it down."
People in the Oklahoma City area, including some of my own relatives, felt a 4.5 magnitude earthquake, earlier today (with aftershocks to follow). In the 29 years I lived in Oklahoma, I never experienced an earthquake. Several of the friends I have on a little social networking site known as facebook reported that they felt the quake. As far as I know everyone is OK. My "eclectic simulation exercise in rescue and recovery", which is recommended for grades three though eight, is a suggested addition to any teacher's library. The book outlines the set-up and execution of a day-long project that will have your students talking for years to come. Ultimately, Project Earthquake is not about geology or seismic activity; it is about giving students an experience about which to write. After doing this activity for several years in my own fourth grade classroom, I am always amazed that my fourth graders can't stop writing when their time is up. It's available on Amazon, right now, for only $8.61 - a little something to get your students thinking. |
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