The Hidden River

About the Book

Real adventures are not always coming out of the make believe book factories. Instead the most fascinating and entertaining one are generated by the life.’ The Hidden River’ is such a story. A very young man caught in the infernal maelstrom of the World War two, his struggle for survival in an environment of carnage, destruction and hopelessness and of his discovery that sometimes challenges in life are the tools that makes us understand that we are more than we think we are. His adventures are endless, hard to believe but fascinating as they take us to a world few of us can imagine was existing. Victories are not always won by cloak and dagger plot. Sometime survival itself is the victory and endurance and resourcefulness are needed. The war ended .By a miraculous set of events he was able to come to the USA, then meet Frank Lloyd Wright, the famous Architect, then go on with a normal life. But his mental balance had been shattered and he was in need of healing and direction’s he went on another adventure, the one of self discovery. From Frank Lloyd Wright he had glimpsed the world of beauty harmony and creativity. Not enough for him for, he needed the reassurance that all was not misery and ugliness in the world. A fateful meeting with Paramhansa Yogananda, the great Yogi, gave him the spiritual and mental direction he had been lacking .The new adventure of his Recovery is the last part of the book!

About the Author

Michel was born in Paris the youngest of four children, two brothers and a sister. His father died just before World War II. After the German invasion, the whole family worked in the Resistance. Jean, the eldest, was caught with a British agent in 1942 and deported. Pierre was shot in Paris, on Rue Bonaparte, in 1943when he attempted to deliver valuable information about the traffic of German ships and submarines. Marie Odile was then arrested and sent to Ravensbruck. Michel, at sixteen, started to participate in the planned evasion of Allied airmen shot in Europe. He helped some fifty of them to evade before he was caught by the Gestapo. For these activities during the war, he received many decorations, including the following: The US Presidential Medal of Freedom, given by President Truman The French Medal of Honor, at the highest rank of Officier The British Empire Medal The Belgian Medal de la Resistance The French Medal of the Resistance The French and Belgian Medal Militaire and Croix de Guerre He also received citations from: Dwight D. Eisenhower Air Field Marshall Alied Expeditionary force Field Marshal B. L. Montgomery