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Death Goes to School
A psychological autopsy of an American nightmare
December
1
1989
PHILIP CAPUTO
Jeffery Newbury
Death Goes to School
PHILIP CAPUTO
December
1
1989
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Death Goes to School
A psychological autopsy of an American nightmare
December
1
1989
PHILIP CAPUTO
Jeffery Newbury
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