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Jelinas Reviews Cannonball #3: An Ode to My Hometown

January 29, 2014 by Jelinas Leave a Comment

I’ve lived in Long Beach for over thirty years, and I love my hometown. It’s not easy for a town to gain international recognition when it’s living in the shadow of a major metropolitan city, but Long Beach has done just that. Long Beach is scrappy. I read D.J. Waldie’s

Filed Under: History Tagged With: ca, history, jelinas, long beach, socal, southern california

Jelinas's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: History · Tags: ca, history, jelinas, long beach, socal, southern california ·
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