HEROS - STORIES

Today, watching Glenn Becks Show on Fox. I like my wife, began fixed on the message he was, on this program trying to call our attention to. In the end, he said, in effect, what we need is citizens that are willing to stand-up for something. I agree! Today, we have a President that, in my humble opinion, and like his father, stands for nothing--not even the truth. I have recently written a story., a book, about my early childhood years, which I really thought was my story, but in listening to Becks program, they were trying to point out hero's and they were long on fictional characters, and short on real life hero's. In this r4aspect, I was touched by what Beck said about what a true hero is and what I gathered from this, I immediately identified, in my book, that in fact my father was just that kind of a man. My book,TITLED: RAISED IN THE GREATEST GENERATION - NO SILVER SPOONS, COVERS MY EARLY YEARS THROUGH AGE 17. The date of my broth was Nov. 11, 1930, or better stated, right after the Start of the Great Depression of l929. Although my book was written with the focus , on my early life. now at age 79, and after hearing others identify what they think A REAL HERO IS, MY FATHER IMMEDIATELY CAME TO MIND. All I CAN SAY ABOUT MY DAD, HE WAS NO QUITTER AND ALTHOUGH OUR MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EPILEPSY IN 1929, SHE NEVER LEAD A NORMAL LIFE. HOWEVER, IN HER SHORT LIFE SPAM SHE MANAGED TO GIVE BIRTH TO ELEVEN CHILDREN, TWO DIEING EARLY IN BIRTH. Because of the depression, number of children, a major health problem, and so forth, we were by force of circumstances to live in abject poverty--however my father never Flathead in his responsibilities. To this day, I cannot understand why he didn't just give up and leave us. He was not that kind of a man. His story should be told and in some manner, in my book, both our stories are told. Not for me or .any of my family, but for my father--his story should be told. He was not a perfect man but a man willing to step up to his life, as it was handed to him, he never ran away from his family or his responsibility and under the most trying of conditions.Today, men of his breed are hard to find! Book by James Dobranich Sr. Available at Amazon.com, B&N, Authorhouse and other book outlets. The Messenger