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Forget Columbus. My grandfather discovered America.

Monday, October 12, 2009

This Columbus Day, while some protest and others laud the discovery of America – and some dispute if a land with inhabitants can even be discovered – I’m going to take a break from all the controversy and celebrate another, lesser-known explorer: my grandfather, Jewell ‘Burt’ Burton. If Columbus discovered Hispaniola, Burt discovered America. When [...]

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Little Girl Heroines: Bayou, a graphic novel

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

My favorite photograph of my grandfather depicts a little boy, three or four, dressed in tattered clothes beside a dusty Model T Ford. He looks grim and determined. My grandmother said the first time she saw the picture it made her cry. There were many reasons my grandfather left Arkansas for San Francisco, and there [...]

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