Into the Unknown : The Remarkable Life of Hans Kraus,9780595357529

Into the Unknown : The Remarkable Life of Hans Kraus

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Pub. Date: 2005-07-31
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Table of Contents

Advance Acclaim for Into the Unknown xv
Acclaim for the Man xvii
Preface xix
Part I EUROPE 1878--1938
Rudi's Son
3(6)
1878--1921, The Hapsburg Empire
Death in the Mountains
9(6)
Summer of 1921, the Austrian Alps
Scars
15(5)
1921--1922, Trieste, Vienna and the Austrian Alps
Dashing Young Herr Doktor Kraus
20(4)
1922--1930 Vienna
Slide into Chaos
24(2)
1922--1930, Austria
Through a Glass Darkly
26(3)
1922--1933, The Austrian Alps
The Big Fall
29(4)
Spring of 1933, the Oetzal Mountains, Austria
Emilio
33(5)
1933--1938, the Austrian Alps
The Circus Strongman
38(4)
1932--1936 Vienna
Susie
42(2)
1936--1938 Vienna
The Missing Link
44(3)
1936--1938, Vienna
Flunking the Hitler Test
47(4)
1938, Vienna
Escape plans
51(4)
1934--1938, Vienna
Escape
55(8)
March 1938, Europe and the Atlantic Ocean
Part II NEW YORK 1938--1949
New American
63(4)
1938, New York
Cookie
67(3)
1939, New York
The Partnership
70(7)
1940--1944, New York and the Shawangunks
High Exposure
77(4)
1941--1944, New York and the Shawangunks
Cojones So Big
81(3)
1941--1944, New York and the Shawangunks
Bad Posture
84(4)
1940--1945, New York
The Epidemic
88(4)
1946--1949, New York
A New Partner
92(4)
1946--1949, New York and the Shawangunks
More Exposure
96(7)
1946--49, New York and the Shawangunks
Part III NEW YORK 1950--1961
King Kraus
103(7)
1950--1954, New York and Europe
Rudi's Last Lesson
110(2)
1952, New York and the Shawangunks
Pieces of the Puzzle
112(4)
1950--1954, New York and Europe
The Road to the White House
116(5)
1952--1954, New York and Washington, D.C.
The Report That Shocked Eisenhower
121(23)
1955, New York and Washington, D.C.
Talk, Talk, Talk
144(3)
1955--1959, Washington, D.C.
Copperheads
147(4)
1955--1959 Washington, D.C.
Indefatigue-able
151(5)
1955--1959, New York, the Dolomites, the Bugaboos, and Dallas
Madi
156(7)
1959, New York, the Dolomites, and Dallas
Part IV CAMELOT 1961--1963
The White House Calls
163(4)
June 1961
Kennedy's Back
167(3)
1917--1955, Washington, D.C.
Rumors
170(5)
1955 to May 1961, Washington, D.C.
Desperate
175(2)
May 1961--October 1961, Ottawa and Washington, D.C.
The Arrangement
177(5)
October 1961, Washington, D.C.
Kraus in Action
182(4)
October 1961--Winter 1962, Washington, D.C.
Kraus in Camelot
186(6)
1962, Washington, D.C.
A Converted Kennedy
192(4)
Late 1962 Spring 1963, Washington, D.C.
A Cured Kennedy
196(3)
May 1963--October 1963, Washington, D.C.
Male Bonding
199(4)
Autumn 1963, Washington, D.C.
The Back Corset
203(2)
October 1963, Washington, D.C.
The Assassination
205(6)
November 1963, Washington, D.C.
Part V NEW YORK 1964--1996
Fame
211(4)
1964--1965, New York City
Golden Years
215(7)
1965--1986, New York City and the Shawangunks
`A' List
222(4)
1965--1990, New York City
Twilight
226(5)
1980--1991, New York and the Shawangunks
Finally Getting It
231(7)
1980--1991, New York
The Other Marcus
238(5)
1990--1991, New York City
Tuesdays with Hans
243(4)
1991, New York
The Legacy
247(6)
1992--1996
Part VI CONCLUSION: THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY 1994--1996
The Debt
253(5)
1994, New York City
One Last Kraus Miracle
258(3)
1994--1995, New York City
Death
261(4)
May 1995--March 1996, New York
Appendix K--W Tests and K--W Exercises 265(2)
Acknowledgements 267(4)
Select Bibliography 271(4)
About the Author 275(2)
Notes 277

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