Yondering by Louis L'Amour

Author:Louis L'Amour [L'Amour, Louis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1980-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

AND PROUDLY DIE

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In 1983 dad and I took an afternoon off, he from writing and I from editing a student film, and drove down to San Pedro. At the time, he was thinking of writing an autobiography and felt that the trip would refresh his memory. The San Pedro he knew was gone. The waterfront bars, pawnshops, and flophouses had been transformed into modern office complexes with mirrored windows and manicured lawns. We had lunch in a restaurant at Ports o’ Call Village and then walked along the docks trying to find something he might remember. There wasn’t much. We did find a small museum, however, that had some very good old photographs of the area. Using the pictures, Dad was able to point out many places that he remembered and tell me what the area was like.

Late in the day we started back to where I had parked my truck. I was worried about fighting the traffic back up the San Diego Freeway, but after a moment I noticed that Dad was no longer walking beside me. When I turned, I saw that he had stopped and was staring through a high chain-link fence at an old green building that looked like an abandoned house. It was the Seaman’s Institute. The windows were boarded up and the paint was faded and peeling. On the whole waterfront this was the only building he remembered.

I haven’t gone back to look, but I have the feeling that it’s gone now.

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