Chapter 11 of ‘The Little Girl Book Podcast’ named for BRPD narc impeached at LSU
Baton Rouge, LA — February 5, 2024 — An incident at LSU involving a bloody knife and a future KKK grand wizard makes literal headlines in the next installment of author Jeremy White’s The Little Girl Book Podcast. Starting Friday, February 9, listeners can hear White narrate Chapter 11 of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture: A Journey of Selfless Discovery, White’s memoir detailing how his wife, Edie, discovered her biological family in 2018 and the insanely beautiful, transformational journey that ensued.
“Chapter 11’s namesake, Gus Tabony, was impeached as a member of LSU student government in 1974 for being employed by Baton Rouge Police as an undercover agent, and he haunts the nightmares of Edie’s birth father to this day.”
“This is where we learn how Edie’s pacifist father came to be cited in two books about David Duke by challenging the Nazi with a bloody knife at LSU’s Free Speech Alley,” White said of an incident depicted by his media center’s header image, as printed on the front page of The Daily Reveille in 1969. “Additionally, Chapter 11’s namesake, Gus Tabony, was impeached as a member of LSU student government in 1974 for being employed by Baton Rouge Police as an undercover agent, and he haunts the nightmares of Edie’s birth father to this day.”
White adds that he’s excited about the opportunity to share their “unicorn of a story about love and forgiveness that the world so desperately needs right now.” Citing his book’s preface, the author notes, “In an age characterized by sickening inhumanity, this work celebrates the best of our humanity. Transcending issues of genealogy, The Little Girl appeals to readers seeking empathy in a divided land, and authentic beauty in an increasingly ugly world.”
In lieu of a traditional audiobook, the tenured cynic is narrating his hopeful book in weekly episodes, each one covering a chapter from White’s retelling of how Edie solved a mystery that had been plaguing a gangster-adjacent, Ukrainian American family for 65 years. Nearly a dozen chapters recount Jeremy and Edie traveling on COVID’s eve to Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and California wine country to meet her far-flung new folks. The Little Girl Book Podcast is available for subscription on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts, with new chapters arriving on Fridays.
White Lines Press published the ebook and 468-page hardcover editions of The Little Girl at the Bottom of the Picture on July 1, 2023. Signed editions are available at LittleGirlBook.com and through partnered indie bookstores around the country, including Cavalier House Books in Denham Springs and Red Stick Reads in Baton Rouge. For more information and resources, visit our media center. Inquiries should be sent to media@redstickcomedy.com.
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