Heroes & Villains
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Book Number Three in my Speaking of Idaho History Series will be out later this year. Heroes & Villains, as the title implies, will feature stories about heroism and villainy in Idaho history. I will write about the state’s Medal of Honor recipients, though their heroism was always outside of Idaho. The villains will be remembered mostly for their Idaho crimes, though several did not feel bound by borders for their villainy.
The villains are easy. Their felonies were splashed across newspapers when they committed their crimes. Heroes are harder. Good deeds often get the back pages if newspapers notice them at all.
Do you know of someone whose act of heroism deserves recognition? I’m most interested in stories that are 20 years old or more. Political heroes don’t count for this book, though I have some of my own. Neither do those everyday heroes that we remember for their continuous acts of charity.
I’m looking for Idahoans who have put their own lives at risk to save others.
Please let me know who they are, briefly tell me what they did and when. If you have newspaper clippings or links to their story, send those along. Photos are also welcome.
I’ll give a copy of the book to the first person who tells me about any story I end up using.
Send me an email by clicking here.
The villains are easy. Their felonies were splashed across newspapers when they committed their crimes. Heroes are harder. Good deeds often get the back pages if newspapers notice them at all.
Do you know of someone whose act of heroism deserves recognition? I’m most interested in stories that are 20 years old or more. Political heroes don’t count for this book, though I have some of my own. Neither do those everyday heroes that we remember for their continuous acts of charity.
I’m looking for Idahoans who have put their own lives at risk to save others.
Please let me know who they are, briefly tell me what they did and when. If you have newspaper clippings or links to their story, send those along. Photos are also welcome.
I’ll give a copy of the book to the first person who tells me about any story I end up using.
Send me an email by clicking here.
In case you didn't know, that's Medal of Honor recipient Pappy Boyington on the left, bullied mom and embezzler Angela Hopper in the middle, and Edwin Trafton on the right. Trafton, a notorious criminal of many endeavors, claimed to be the inspiration for the title character in Owen Wister's The Virginian.