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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001098213

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: June 2002

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Managing Editor

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Project Editor

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Page Layout

Ayanna Lacey

Graphics

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Oliver L. Jackson, Jr.

Laura Robbins

Dedication

On September 29, 2001, Ewald Gerhard Geschwinde married Christina Geschwinde (formerly known as Christina Szabo) in a gondola on Vienna's famous Ferris wheel ("Riesenrad") in an area called the "Prater."

This book is dedicated to Epi's wife Christina and their unborn baby son.