Explain the reference and what is important about it as Dillard relates her story.

Ft. Pitt [additional Pittsburgh history] = Caitlin
Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers = Alex
American Standard Corporation [background] (pp. 8-9) = Richard
Jean Arp style furniture (35) = James
Calder sculpture (8, 35, 213) = Melissa
Gaugin’s Fatata te miti [art] (35) = Vaughn
Edgerton Avenue (33) --Richland Avenue (66) --Reynolds Street (45) = Monica
Frick Park (Ch. 10) = Hannah
Lake Erie—summer cottage of Grandparents Doak (Ch. 13) = Sean
The Field Book of Ponds and Streams by Ann Haven Morgan (Ch. 16) = Samantha
Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Frederick H. Pough (Ch. 25) = Emily
Cotillion and Debutante process (Ch. 17 and 32) = Shelby
Orange Street Cars in Pittsburgh (Ch. 19) = Jesse
Ralph Kiner (68) and Roberto Clemente (220-1) [baseball players] = Drew
“trollish” Pirates’ fate in the ‘50s (97) = Whitney
Bill Mazeroski and 1960 World Series: Pirates vs. Yankees (99 and 229) = Adam
Wayne Terwilliger (110) = Jordan
Tamiami Trail (111) = Analisa
Reddy Kilowatt (102) [See Illustration above] = Pieter
French and Indian Wars [history] (Ch. 21) = Jade
Sid Caesar (140) = Matt
Polyphemus moth (160) = See chapter "The Fixed" in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Dillard's 1975 Pulitzer Prize winner.
Rhinocerous beatle (163) = Nathan
Sewickley Country Club (Ch. 32) = Cory
Andrew Carnegie (Ch. 35) = Justin
Man Walking sculpture (212-3) = Erica

Annie now. Where is Waldo Annie? = Ashleigh

In Addition, Ponder These...
>What question would you ask Dillard, if you had a chance to talk to her? Why? What would her answer be?
>What perspective does An American Childhood give you on your life?
>What metaphor(s) would you use to describe life? [But beware cliches.]

"Bridging" story connections

Consider these Extensions or Context for reading
1. Max Apple--Nathan
2. Chekhov--Cory
3. Nolan Ryan --Drew
4. Big Train (Walter Johnson)--Justin
5. Girl Scouts/Brownies--Erica
6. bridging hand gesture--Ashleigh
7. Houston Astros 1983 uniforms--Sean
8. "separation anxiety" (psychology term)--Richard
9. curve ball--Hanna
10. fastball--Whitney
11. 1982 World Series--James
12. Rollie Fingers--
13. Robin Yount--Caitlin
14. Harvey Kuenn--
15. Andujar (need first name)--
16. Cub Scout uniforms (1960s)--Jade
17. Texas bluebonnet flower--Monica
18. Barbra Streisand (photo and or movie clip)--Emily
19. Robert Redford (photo and or movie clip)--Shelby
20. The Way We Were (movie precis)--
21. Astrodome (Houston arena)--Vaughn
22. Ralph Sampson (Houston basketball player)--Adam
23. Texas state parks 70 miles from Houston--
24. 58" oscillating fan--
25. deaths by falling off Empire State Building--
26. Texas wild grasses and other flowers: buttercups, poppies--

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