Into the Unknown : The Remarkable Life of Hans Kraus

by Schwartz, Susan E. B.

• ISBN13: 9780595357529
• ISBN10: 0595357520
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-31
• Publisher: Iuniverse Inc

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