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Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xiv, 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. ; photographic wraps. Extensively INSCRIBED by Willie on half-title to the Della Jo Sprager family of Austin, dated Christmas 2000. An anecdotal memoir of one of Austin's great philanthropists and activists during the 20th century. Born into a Texas Czech community (Dime Box) in the early days of the auto, Willie in adult life had at least three lifetimes: filling-station owner, appliance-store owner, and lawyer (the oldest graduate of UT Law School ever, at age 70). In the years when anyone else would have been propping up their feet, Willie took on promotion of public education in Austin as his passion project and spent more than a decade as an advocate for Austin ISD and its schools. Inscribed by Author(s).…