You Never Asked About My Medal: Profiles in Silent Courage

By Larry Setren

What does it mean to live a heroic life?

Larry Setren grew up in America, the grandson of immigrants who arrived with little more than hope and determination. That inheritance of resilience would serve him well. What followed was a life he could never have predicted: teaching in post-colonial Africa amid the turbulent winds of Pan-African socialism and finding himself in Tehran in 1979 as Ayatollah Khomeini returned and a revolution ignited - events that would reshape the modern world.

But this is not a book about world events. It is a book about what those events reveal about the people living quietly inside them.

Part coming-of-age story, part adventure memoir, You Never Asked About My Medal is driven by a simple but powerful question: who are the real heroes in our lives, and why do we so rarely recognize them? Through vivid storytelling and honest reflection, Setren traces the experiences and the unsung individuals who shaped him - people who acted with courage and decency and never asked for acknowledgment.

Readers have called it a page-turner they couldn't put down. They've also said it made them think about their own journeys, heroes, and lives.

For anyone who has ever been moved by quiet courage - this is that book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1966219296
• ISBN13: 9781966219293
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Ckbooks Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"