Wisconsin Heroes includes 30 stories of personal courage and heroism throughout Wisconsin history including astronauts James Lovell and Donald "Deke" Slayton; Congressional Medal of Honor winners Gary Wetzel of Oak Creek, Mitchell Red Cloud of Friendship and Richard Bong of Poplar; and others such as Golda Meir of Milwaukee, Cordelia Harvey of Shopiere and Mildred Fish Harnack of Milwaukee. The book also features 10 chapters on unsung heroes -- winners of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission's lifesaving awards.

Marv Balousek, a longtime beat reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, is the author of six books, including 50 Wisconsin Crimes of the Century, House of Alex, Massacre in Milwaukee (co-authored with Richard W. Jaeger), More Wisconsin Crimes of the Century and Honey, This is Trudy.

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