New England Book Festival Award
Southern California Book Festival Award
Are You Discouraged from Pursuing Your Dreams? Are You Tired of Seeing Your Country Maligned?
We stand on the shoulders of forbears and ancestors who couldn’t conceive our current opportunities. Our responsibility is to train and prepare future generations who will stand on our shoulders.
Made In America by AmeriCANS not AmeriCANTS will inspire the reader and provide the tools to learn, lead, and leave a legacy benefitting those who follow us.
If you want to fulfill your dreams and destiny, the AmeriCAN principles and examples in this book will accelerate your quest.
“Richard has distilled the essence of what being an American should be – our sense of hope in the face of adversity, individual achievement, lifelong learning, service to others, and natural humor. He reminds us, with great eloquence and solid examples, that we are still one nation – under God. If you are looking for ways to become a better American, you will find them here in this fabulous book.”
– Dr. Robert Brescia, Author, AP Government & Politics Teacher, Ethics and Values Professor
Patricia Lebo –
As a legal immigrant, Made in America by AmeriCANS Not AmeriCANTS, reminds me why I became an American and love this country! With skilled writing, deep insight, historical knowledge, personal experience and humor, Richard Battle inspires, encourages, questions, motivates and challenges us to be better learners, leaders and forever participants (through our legacy) in the continuous making of a greater America. Read the book as a whole or pick a chapter from each of the three sections, Learning, Learning and Leading or Learning, Leading, and Legacy. Gain insight from “Some Days You’re the Pigeon…Dealing With One of Those Days.” Find out what makes a good leader as you tackle, “Rules, We don’t Need No Stinking Rules.” Be challenged by “What Difference Will It Make 100 Years From Now?” Battle reminds us that this country is a country of opportunities that together with God gives us an opportunity to make a difference. Thank you Mr. Battle for helping us become better AmeriCANS.