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TABLE OF CONTENTS Prologue: Weathered Metal Plaques vii 1: Two Very Different Upbringings 1 2: The Soldier and the Teacher 16 3: Austin Is Different 36 4: The Nice Facade 50 5: Oozing with Hostility 64 6: After Much Thought 77 7: The Neat Little House and the Swank.Apartment 98 8: The Glass-Paneled Door 124 9: Strange Noises 139 10: Houston 154 11: Ramiro 167 12: The General 181 13: Independent Actions 197 14: The White Headband 209 15: To Whom It May Concern 223 16: APD 238 17: Why Did He Do It? 254 18: Who I(illed Charles Whitman? 272 Epilogue: The Writer from Austin 287 Notes on Sources 299 Acknowledgments 305 Index 311 ...

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