Gardena is a small city located approximately 15 miles south of downtown Los Angeles , California . Harry Turtledove spent much of his youth living in Gardena.
Gardena was home to Michelle Gordian , the time traveling science fiction author that captivated Pete Lundquist .[ 1]
In 1934, Gardena was an agricultural suburb with large Mexican and Japanese populations. The agriculture led a businessman named J.N. Hill to open a feed store there.[ 2] Michelle "Mich" Carstairs , who'd left Ponca City, Oklahoma to escape a criminal who wanted to make her pay her brother's debts.[ 3]
It had several company-based semipro baseball teams. On August 12, 1934, the House of Daniel played the Strawberry Park Pickers , winning 6-2.[ 4] Redondo Beach Sand Dabs , beating them 11-3.[ 5]
Chester Martin worked in Gardena as a construction worker and later union organizer.
Gardena was home of Barefoot Sounds , the old music store[ 6] Tom Crowell gave up his 1980s job in order to stay with his old girlfriend, Donna , permanently in the 1960s.[ 7]
In the early 1960s, Gardena was the hometown of the Yeager family, exiled Shiplord Straha , and Straha's bodyguard Gordon .
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