My Life Above the Carousel in Santa Monica

by Elaine Jones Stephenson

Book Overview

During World War II there was a serious housing shortage in Santa Monica, a sunny, laid-back beach city in southern California. In 1944, my family moved there from a small town in Rhode Island after my artist father, Eric Jones, was hired to paint and beautify the historic carousel which dwelled in a shabby, run-down building known as the Old Hippodrome. A small apartment above the carousel in this domed Byzantine styled structure would be my home...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500552771
• ISBN13: 9781500552770
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"