American heroes in our midst...

Last Updated 4/20/2023 โ€ข Posted in Facebook Posts

    "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 ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ 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 "๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ค ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™‡๐™–๐™ž: ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ," 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 "๐˜ผ๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง๐™—๐™ค๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™Š๐™ง๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ," 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 "๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฉ: ...๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ." 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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