Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #12: Escape to California Read Online Free PDF

“escape-proof” Alcatraz to the test. But there were no confirmed prisoner escapes from Alcatraz.
    Alcatraz was home to the Pacific Coast’s first lighthouse, activated in 1854.
    In 1849, San Francisco’s harbor was filled with abandoned ships. The crews had deserted the ships to head inland for the gold fields.
    The Golden Gate Bridge was not supposed to be red. The steel beams used to build the bridge were coated in a red-and-orange color to protect it from corrosive elements.
    The night before the 1906 earthquake, world-famous Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso performed in San Francisco.
    President Millard Fillmore made Alcatraz a military fortress in 1850.
    When the Golden Gate Bridge was finished in May 1937, Chief Engineer Joseph B. Strauss wrote a poem called “The Mighty Task is Done.”
    The cable car is a national historic monument, the only one in the world that moves! It was built in 1873 and today transports 9.7 million people around the city each year.
    In 1914, Makoto Hagiwara made the first fortune cookie in San Francisco. He was a Japanese immigrant and the designer of Golden Gate Park’s famous Japanese Tea Garden.
    San Francisco has some weird laws: it is illegal to clean your rug by beating it outside, to walk an elephant down Market Street without a leash, and to wipe your windshield using your underwear.
    Denim jeans were invented in San Francisco for Gold Rush miners in California. The denim was tough enough to last and protect their skin.
    James Marshall found gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848. His discovery caused many immigrants to come into the city to seek their fortune.
    Irish coffee was first invented in San Francisco. And there are now more than 300 coffee shops in San Francisco.

Excerpt from Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #1: The Mount Rushmore Calamity
    There’s No Place on Earth
That a Flat Kid Can’t Go!
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Ready, Set . . .
    â€œSleeping bags?” George Lambchop called out to his wife, Harriet.
    â€œCheck!” answered Mrs. Lambchop. “Wholesome snacks for the boys?”
    â€œCheck!” replied Mr. Lambchop.
    The Lambchop family was preparing for their vacation to Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. They were each very excited about the adventure.
    Mr. Lambchop was excited because he was going to collect another state park sticker for the rear window of the car.
    Mrs. Lambchop was excited because she was going to learn more about the history of South Dakota.
    Their younger son, Arthur, was excited because he was hoping to meet some real, live cowboys.
    And Stanley, the Lambchops’ older son, was excited because he was going somewhere nobody would recognize him.
    Not long ago, Stanley had awakened to find that his enormous bulletin board had fallen upon him during the night. Since then, the family had gotten used to having a flattened boy in the house. But when he ventured outside, he often caused a commotion: “Look, Marge! There he is . . . the famous flattened kid! Wonder what new adventure he’s up to now?” Or, “Say there, Flatty, mind if we take a picture?”
    The truth is, both Lambchop brothers were getting a bit tired of all the attention Stanley was getting. It would be nice, they agreed, to get away someplace where people didn’t make such a fuss.
    â€œWell, I think we’re ready,” said Mr. Lambchop, surveying the mountain of suitcases and camping equipment in the hall.
    â€œNot quite, dear,” replied Mrs. Lambchop. “Remember, we still have to consult Dr. Dan about Stanley’s travel needs. Better safe than sorry.”
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    â€œWell, the boy is still flat,” Doctor Dan pronounced, when he was finished with his examination.

    â€œYes, we know that,” said Stanley’s father. “We were wondering whether such a trip would be suitable for