James Michael Jewell

To Live and Die in LA

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March 1st 2011
When I returned from Vietnam I found a strange text message on my phone saying that my cousin had died. Mike was a kind of Big Lobowski character who lived in Venice Beach. He didn't allow ambition to run his life, and I admired that. I learned that he had become pathologically withdrawn over the past few years. Although we were once close, I hadn't spoken to him in years. He died alone in his apa ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more