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This page lays out a planned multi-section structure for 'The Last American City' with typed character names, handwritten character notes, and a five-part sectional architecture.

It shows the manuscript at a design stage, where narrative scope and formal subdivision are already clear. The handwritten notes add character traits and later reflective or psychological framing on top of the typed outline.

A structural outline for 'THE LAST AMERICAN CITY' that pairs a small cast against a five-part architecture. The characters - 'THE PORTUGUESE ENGLISHMEN', 'SEBASTION GREE', 'DAVID O'LEARY', 'LEVI KINGSTON', with handwritten tags 'ONE LEGGED' and 'one son' - sit above five sections that alternate two recurring movements: 'THE THRILL OF THE DANCE AND AFTER' (Parts I and II) interleaved with 'SUBTERRANEAN LIFE IN WESTERN ALGIERS' (Parts I and II), resolving in 'FINALLY AFLOAT'. The dance-and-after / subterranean alternation suggests a deliberate surface/underground rhythm. Trailing notes - 'Omey as travel - page 150', 'Jung-Monroe', 'Poeme', 'Reflections' - leave the draft pointing outward to other pages and influences.