Who dat?

No, not the New Orleans Saints (who won the XLIVth Super Bowl yesterday, 31-17), whose fans made that phrase their motto.

Island Trees Library called, looking for the book Give us this day, written by Sydney Stewart. He was a survivor of the Bataan death march. His obit starts:

Sidney Stewart, a survivor of the Bataan death march and three years in Japanese captivity in World War II who wrote the highly praised memoir ''Give Us This Day,'' an account of how the prisoners endured their intense suffering, died on March 18 at a hospital in Paris. He was 78 and lived in Paris. The cause was complications from emphysema contracted by inhaling coral dust while laboring as a prisoner of war, said a colleague, Dr. Abby Adams-Silvan of New York.


Normally, having looked at the table of contents, I would have processed the book. But in checking the hold so I could fill out the correct routing slip, the patron's name caught my eye: Richard Conte. Not the Richard Conte who starred in House of Strangers (that I watched this past weekend) and as Barzini in The Godfather, but a namesake. Still.