American heroes in our midst...
"Everywhere life is full of heroism," says the "Desiderata."
It's true. Heroism is all around us...if we just take the time to look.
The fearless deeds of three such heroes, all of whom lived in Louisiana, are featured in ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ that will appeal to readers who enjoy stories that enlighten and inspire. (The first two books are already in print, and the third is coming out this summer.)
The first is titled "๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ค ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ," about the courageous U.S. Army helicopter pilot who stopped the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War in 1968. (He lived in Broussard, La., and died in 2006 at age 62.)
The second, titled "๐ผ๐ฃ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐จ," features a Cajun Navy leader named Doug Bienvenu who took his airboat into New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city. He and his partner, Drue LeBlanc (who was dying of kidney failure) rescued hundreds of people who were stranded by the floodwaters. (The couple lived in Breaux Bridge, La.)
The third is titled "๐ฟ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฉ: ...๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ." It tells the story of former LSU basketball coach Dale Brown, who fought for 35 years to change dozens of NCAA rules that he said "legislated against the human dignity of student-athletes." As a result of his tireless campaign, 500,000 student-athletes per year are benefitting today โ in all 1,100 NCAA schools, in every state in the U.S. (This book, coming out this summer, can be pre-ordered at www.acadianhouse.com/sports. The other two books, in stock now, can be ordered at www.acadianhouse.com/history.)
The author is veteran journalist Trent Angers of Lafayette, La., who was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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