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  I would also like to thank Ivan Cantu, Kenneth Foster Jr., Howard Guidry, and Son Tran for permission to reprint excerpts from their writings. Dominique J. Green, before his death, turned over to me copies of all his writings with a view to my using them as I wished to tell his story.

  A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  THOMAS CAHILL is the author of five volumes in the Hinges of History series: How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Gifts of the Jews, Desire of the Everlasting Hills, Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, and Mysteries of the Middle Ages. They have been best-sellers, not only in the United States but also in countries ranging from Italy to Brazil. He and his wife, Susan, also a writer, divide their time between New York City and Rome.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Cahill, Thomas.

  A saint on death row: the story of Dominique Green /

  Thomas Cahill. — 1st ed. p. cm.

  1. Green, Dominique, 1974-2004. 2. Death row inmates—Texas—Biography.

  I. Title.

  HV8701.G74C34 2009

  364.66092—dc22

  [B]

  2008036329

  eISBN: 978-0-385-53015-6

  v3.0