In the Shadows

About the Book

"You Know Heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.".(1)Some of those ordinary people changed history but remained in footnotes of the history books. An Iroquois Chief, Canasatego showed a practicing republic as an example .Founding father, George Mason, laid the ground work for a nation.The first ten amendments to the Constitution may not have happen, without him James Armistead was instrumental in starting a nation. He passed on a simple message that gave us Independence. Irena Sendler saved a generation of Warsaw Jews, gave hope for resistance and helped keep the culture alive. Joshua Chamberlain, a school teacher, saved a nation, with a military manuever, that rivaled the greatest military minds. Vasili Arkhipov saved the world from nuclear destruction, by shaking his head no. Aaron Aaronsohn had a dream to create a nation by way of sharing natural resources, possibly came within hours of achieving a coalition, that without it, has been the center earth's unrest. Edith Bolling Wilson kept a Presidency intact by performing duties a First Lady had never done before or since.

About the Author

Larry Stafford had published articles in several magazines and newspapers, to include the Marine Corps Gazette, Durham Anvil and the Philadelphia Bulletin. He was among the first write about the intregation of women in the officers program, at The Basic School, at Quantico, Virginia. He also wrote about the Greensboro trail murder trail and aftermath, in 1980-81. He is a graduate of Temple University and an artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps. He had a strong background in trading. He started out as a commodities trader, in the grain market. Later, worked as a broker in the commodities and equities, in Philadelphia, New York and Wilmington Delaware...He wrote a series of articles on the fundamental of the New York Stock Exchange for customer service representatives with equity accounts. He was worked with Spanish and Russian banking and investments customers, as well as IRA accounts with branch representatives and the brokerage and banking departments. He is currently substitutes and the elementary and high schools, in Cecil County, Maryland, where he also coaches high school baseball.