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Authors: Chris Barton
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Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. “Lawbreakers We Have Known and Loved,”
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Walking George: The Life of George John Beto and the Rise of the Modern Texas Prison System
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“Impostor here for reunion,”
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MacAdam, Pat. “The Great Impostor's last victim: Fred Demara lived his life in a blur of impersonationsâa doctor, a teacher, a Catholic brother and more,”
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Bangor Daily News
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Wolfendon, Irene. Telephone interview with author, April 28, 2010.
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Wiley, Bell I.
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Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
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The Washington Post
, March 25, 1992.
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The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto, 1941â1944
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The Initial Period of War on the Eastern Front 22 JuneâAugust 1941
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Browder, Laura.
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âââ. Telephone interview with author, December 15, 2008.
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Carter, Forrest.
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The Education of Little Tree
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Gluck, Robert L. “Little House in the Mountains,”
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