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Editor of Forum magazine & columnist for The BR Advocate. Author & frequent contributor to nat'l pubs.: dannyheitman.com. Advocate essays: goo.gl/vdl8W.
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Danny Heitman: I'm learning a few things about my reading life by keeping a book journal Original

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By Danny Heitman Verified
| The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
My Grandfather Heitman died in 1930, and he was gone many years before I was born. Even so, he continued to live in family stories, including memories of the books he read. Among his favorites, we were told, were Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes” and “Quo Vadis,” a sweeping historical novel about ancient Rome written by Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz.
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An early naturalist who cast off the ‘chains of prejudice’

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By Danny Heitman Verified
| The Christian Science Monitor Verified
When British explorer James Cook sailed from England in 1722 to seek out Antarctica, he brought 17-year-old naturalist George Forster along for the trip. Forster’s skill in documenting the wonders he witnessed made him a major cultural figure of his time.
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The advice to 'stop being one person' is an answer to broken times Original

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By Danny Heitman Verified
| The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
In the depths of another Louisiana summer, I know that no living thing will last long if it lingers on a scorching sidewalk. Which is why, as I stroll my neighborhood each morning, I stoop to collect stranded earthworms on the pavement and return them to the grass. While they inch through the lawns along my street, some of the worms find themselves on the hard, hot walkway, destined to die as the sun bakes them alive. Although I can’t save them all, I help the few that I can.
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