In Richard Taus" biography, it is evident that from an early age, Richard Taus knew he wanted to be a hero, a real American hero. However, he never imagined that he would be his son"s hero. In Elliott"s article, Richard says of his son: "He was almost four then and on the orphanage"s "death list." He weighed 20 pounds, boils covered his body, and he was coughing up blood." Richard had saved David"s life. Covering a dramatic period in American History, this boyhood memoir is the story about Richard in his earliest experiences, from childhood to adulthood. This story concerns the experiences and influences, both positive and negative, that shaped his life and the lives of others during a turbulent period in the Twentieth Century. To Be A Hero is about an American family, reflecting what so many families had to endure while serving this great nation in wartime and in peacetime. It tells of the sufferings all endured as a consequence of circumstances and mistaken, if not prideful,...