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Isabella writes letters to her family about her life in the Rocky Mountains. She talks about what she does around her ranch when she is at home. When she goes riding through different gorges and mountains she stays at peoples house and has to ride her horse, Birdie miles to get to each town or house. She runs out of money on her trip and has to stay with people that are willing to let her spend the night for free.

Isabel Randall moved from England to Montana with her husband Jem who was trying to make money in the cattle stock business. Some friends stayed with them a few times. She writes letters to family back in England every week. She learned to do all the housework on her own in the morning, having free time in the afternoon to ride horses and help around the ranch. Isabel moved to England, while Jem was busy working.

They reached shore and the sailors have a liberty day which means they get to go on shore and do whatever they want. Then they got to San Diego and spent three days unloading the hides, bringing them onto shore. After they sailed to San Juan's which is half way to San Pedro. It is also Lent so Easter Sunday is coming soon.

A Harvard undergraduate becomes a sailor collecting hides along the coast of California. He is going to be aboard the ship for 2-3 years. He talks about the night watches and how 2 men are on watch every few hours switching off. Once they get to a port they have to carry barrels to shore over their heads with no shoes. They have been to a few ports so far and right now they are in San Pedro.

The Greasers win the rumble. Dally escaped the hospital to help fight and Pony gets injured. They go to the hospital and Johnny died. Dally robs a grocery store and gets shot by the police. Pony gets to stay with Darry and Soda. Pony and Darry fight while Soda is suffering. His grades suffer and his teachers says he can a get a better grade if he writes a theme. They all make up. His theme started the Outsiders.

In Q School if you play bad in a couple of rounds you still can have a shot at getting your PGA tour card. You just need to shoot a few low rounds to get inside the number. Brad Klapprott was in the final stage of Q School going into one of the lasts rounds when his back gave out. He didn’t want to with draw from the tournament because he wouldn’t even have full status on the Nationwide tour. So he finished playing.

I finished chapter 7 and 8. The police are interviewing Pony,Soda, and Darry. The doctors say Dally will be fine and Johnny’s back was broken when the roof caved in. Two-bit comes to see Pony in the morning and shows him the newspaper saying him, Johnny, and Dally were heroes for saving the children. Johnny is charged with manslaughter and Pony and Johnny will go to juvenile court. Pony might be sent to a boys home.

Players that compete in Q school multiple times give themselves a few chances to qualify for the PGA tour and if they don’t they get a different job. Players will do something that they don’t know if they have to take a penalty or not. They don’t ask a rules official for a ruling because they don’t want to hold up play and after they sign their scorecard they ask. Then they get disqualified for an incorrect score.

Q School is what you compete in before you can be on the PGA tour. You have to shoot a certain score and then you go to the next stage if you get passed the first stage. If you pass the second stage you go on to the final stage. Some people like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson don't have to go to Q school if you are that good and can play right out of college. Everyone has Q school stories if they'e been.

I finished chapter 5 and 6. Dally comes to Windrixville and finds Johnny and Pony at the church. They go have breakfast at a diner. Johnny says he's going to turn himself in. On the way home they see the church is on fire. There are 5 kids trapped in the church so Johnny and Pony go and save all 5 kids. Johnny is hurt and Pony is a little hurt. They go to the hospital and then they are going to turn themselves in.

I finished chapter 4. Johnny and Pony were walking to the park after Pony came home late and Darry slapped Pony when Socs came up to them. One Soc almost drowned Pony, so Johnny stabbed him with his switch blade, killing him. They were so scared so they went to Dally who gave them money and a gun. They hopped on a train to Windrixville, went up to Jay Mountain were they would hide out at a church until Dally comes.

Ben Hogan was in the lead of the Open. There were a few groups left on the course but everyone thought Ben would win for the fifth time. Jack Fleck ended up tying him which led to an 18 hole playoff the next day. Jack Fleck won by 3 shots. After Jack won he became famous. In 1960 the U.S. Open was remembered as the Palmer-Nickalus-Hogan showdown. Arnold Palmer won. Jack Fleck would not be a regular player on tour.

It is the U.S. Open championship. There are over 150 golfers in this event. Back then in the 1900's it was the greatest golf event of the year. Each chapter is talking about 1 round in the championship. There are 4 rounds of 18 holes. Jack Fleck, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Bolt, Ward, Boros, Inman, Harris, Burke, and Littler are the leaders after 36 holes.Back then almost all the pro's shot over par throughout 72 holes.

I finished chapter 2 when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally went to a movie. They met two girls sitting in front of them at the movie. Their names were Cherry and Marcia. Dally was being annoying to Cherry and Cherry pushed him away. Dally went to get coke for all 5 of them and Cherry splashed the coke into Dally's face. He left while the 4 of them talked. Two bit came later. Cherry talked about how all Socs weren't bad.

Pony boy is walking and talking about his other gang members when the Socs come up to him and harass him. They beat him up and almost cut his hair off when his brother come and scare them off. Then the other Greasers come to comfort him. Pony, Soda, and Darry are brothers. Their parents died in a auto wreck. Pony is 14, Soda is almost 17, Darry is 20, Steve is 17, Keith, Dally, and Johnny's age isn't mentioned.

Ben Hogan is a great player who won so many of the tournaments he played in. He started a Ben Hogan golf club company. Ben and his wife were driving to a tournament when a big bus came into their lane to pass another car and it smashed into their car. Ben jumped in front of the passenger seat to block his wife from injury, saving both their lives. His wife wasn't really injured, just bruised but Ben's leg was hurt.

Right now the book is talking about Jack Fleck a golfer who turned professional at 17. He is a good player but has emotional problems on the golf course. He has quit multiple tournaments even if he was in the top ten. One time he was in the top ten and said to his wife if I 3 putt another green were going. He 3 putted and withdrew from the tournament. Another time he was in 3rd place and left because of a spectator.

Arnold Palmer talks about how Winnie, his wife died and how his close friends like Jack Nicklaus helped him during that hard time. Kit is his new wife that is really nice and she knows she doesn’t add up to Winnie. Mike McCormack is Arnie’s close friend and business adviser. Arnie also created multiple businesses like the Arnold Palmer which is ice tea and lemonade, laundry mat, golf clubs and many golf courses.

Arnold Palmer is a professional golfer. He is regarded as one of the greatest golfers ever. In this book he talks about his stories of his father teaching him lessons and giving him advice. He talks about his relationship with Jack Nicklaus, who is the greatest golfer of all time, Jack’s wife, and Winnie, Arnie’s wife. He also talks about his encounters with other pro golfers and how they impacted his golf game.

Paul and Norman are brothers that live in Montana. One day they go fly fishing. At night Paul got into trouble at a restaurant because he knocked someone’s teeth out and broke the owner of the restaurants plate. The sergeant called Norman and said Paul’s in trouble. Paul was gambling at the Hot Springs which is a bad place and is in debt. The sergeant said to Norman to try and per sway Paul into not gambling anymore.

Seldom Wright shot Marty McLean. Robideau shot Miles Larson thinking everyone would suspect that Seldom did it. Seldom shot his own twin brother Often Wright making it look like Seldom was the one killed and and not Often looking like Robideau killed Seldom instead of Seldom killing Often. Whitey Salter kidnapped Tana Deck.Cawinee killed 4 in a line of duty. Tana and Cawinee are lovers now and built a house together.

Cawinee is in search for Tana Deck when most of the search party left. He decided to look again in an old Indians house which had previously been searched without finding Tana. On the outside of the house he tripped and ran into a cellar that led to the bottom of the house. Tana was in their and they escaped back to town after Cawinee beat up Tana's kidnapper. Now Cawinee is in search for a murderer and kidnapper.

The Mormons emigrated from Ohio to Illinois, West to Salt Lake. They provided men called Battalions to fight Mexico and Indians for Texas and California. There is an increase in the number of emigrants on the Oregon trail and the trail to California. The famous Donner party is an example of how emigrants suffered and died to get to California. Emigrants had to cross mountains and long stretches without water.

It is set in 1846 which is a turning point in American history. There is a westward push to open up land for settlement an expansion in American power. There is exploration by the army to control Oregon, California, and Texas. America has conflicts with the British for Oregon, and Mexico for Texas and California. America is successful politically and militarily against other countries.

The expedition returns to St. Louis. They succeeded in accomplishing their goals. They found the route to the Columbia River leading them to Pacific Ocean. They made contact with the Indian tribes to learn about the land and establish trading relationships. They made maps and surveys of the lands for future settlement. This led to the expansion of the United States to the Pacific Coast through Oregon.

It’s around 1800 and Thomas Jefferson is on his farm. He loves to explore and many of his friends were land surveyors of the colonies. Now that the United States country there is a push west for settlement. The Purchase of the Louisiana territory, president Jefferson sponsors and expedition of the New Western lands.

France, England, and Spain are competing for territory in North America. The American colonies declare independence and become a new country called the USA. The French loose territory to the British in Canada because they don't have enough money to defend it. The Native Americans are caught in the middle of France and England. They loose territory and suffer from disease and alcohol.

The discovery of North America was settled by 3 European countries, Spain, France, and England. Spain settled Mexico and southwestern North America. France settled Canada and Louisiana. England settled the East coast. Each European country had native american allies that helped them in trade and wars.

Pudge Eaton has been murdered.He is the owner of the Chicken Shack. Chuck Cleaver shot the lights out in the chicken shack and shot Pudge. He didn’t mean to kill Pudge but he accidentally shot him. Then he was found murdered in the middle of wolf hunting. Anita is courting Jase and her grandfather is ill. He killed Chuck but isn’t going to get a murder sentence because he is dying.

Luara Jane Smitson was raped and murdered. Then Virginia Stuart was murdered. Laura was given an expensive sapphire and now it is stolen. Virginia was a singer and was walking home when she died. Mefford killed Laura and stole the sapphire. Meffords girlfriend was beaten up by him and she turned him in. Then Virginias dad killed Mike Day because he thought he murdered Virginia but it Roland Day who was Mike's nephew.