RAVE REVIEWS

JOHN CLAUDE REDFERN'S BOOKS IN THE NEW WAVE SERIES HAVE RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS FROM HISTORIANS, ECONOMISTS, AND THE PUBLIC.  THE LATEST BOOK, THE NEW WAVE MILLENNIUM, RURAL ECONOMIES, AND HUMAN RIGHTS, RESOLVES IMPORTANT PUBLIC ISSUES AND MYTHS FOR AMERICANS: (1) THE CONTINUING EXPOSE OF LAW AND JUSTICE IN AMERICA (2) HIS PRIVATE MEMOIRS EXPOSING THE ILLUSIONS OF LOVE, PASSION, AND LOYALTY (3) AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES AND (4) THE REVITALIZED ROLE OF THE NATURAL RIGHTS TRADITION IN WESTERN LAW.  AN ECONOMIST MENTOR SAID, "JOHN HAS INDEED PROVIDED AN ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC MODEL IN PUBLIC POLICY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITIES....JOHN’S MODEL...ALLOWS PEOPLE TO WORK UNDER THE RULES OF LAW FOR THE PURSUIT OF THEIR LIBERTIES IN HUMAN LIFE....THIS ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITIES SUGGESTS THAT JOHN IS REALLY AN EXCELLENT ECONOMIST HAVING A CREATIVE MIND HAVING GREAT PROVOCATIVE ANALYSIS." A HISTORY MENTOR SAID, "THE NEW WAVE OF THE FUTURE AND THE NEW WAVE MILLENNIUM, RURAL ECONOMIES, AND HUMAN RIGHTS, BOTH OF WHICH I REGARD AS CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE." DR. DAVIS, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, EMERITUS, SAID, "THE NEW WAVE OF THE FUTURE IS AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT....HIS LATEST WORK [IN THE NEW WAVE SERIES], THE NEW WAVE MILLENNIUM, RURAL ECONOMIES, AND HUMAN RIGHTS, RESEMBLES ITS PREDECESSORS, BUT IT EXPLORES SEVERAL NEW TOPICS, NOTABLY [SUSTAINABLE] DEVELOPMENT."  FEMALE EUROPEAN ADMIRERS, AFTER READING THE CHAPTERS ABOUT "WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?", SAID, "IT’S UNBELIEVABLE!"  A REVIEWER [AT AMAZON.COM] OF THE FIRST BOOK, A CLASSIC COLLECTOR'S EDITION, SAID, "THIS IS A BOOK FOR ALL AGES AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE UNITED STATES TO READ THIS BOOK."  ANOTHER REVIEWER SAID, "AS A WRITER, A JOURNALIST, AND AN ECONOMIST, JOHN HAS BECOME A NEW WAVE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE WESTERN TRADITION TRANSFORMING THE AMERICAN SPIRIT....JOHN HAS ACHIEVED UNIVERSAL FAME AS A LEGENDARY FRENCH-AMERICAN ICON....JOHN IS A PRICELESS ASSET TO THE COUNTRY."  AN AVERAGE AMERICAN SAID, "I READ ONE OF YOUR NEW WAVE BOOKS.  YOU SIR, ARE A PIONEER, A VISIONARY, A PARAGON OF VIRTUE, FOR TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND SHOW THE TRUE SPIRIT AND THE HEART OF THE NATION, WHICH IS MAINSTREET AMERICA. IT IS AN HONOR TO SPEAK WITH AN ICON."  IN THE MAINSTREAM SOCIETY AND IN THE MAINSTREAM  NEWS MEDIA, JOHN HAS ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THE NEW RENAISSANCE OF MAINSTREET USA.

TOUR OF MAINSTREET U.S.A.

FOR TWO DECADES NOW, JOHN CONTINUED HIS NATIONAL TOUR OF MAINSTREET U.S.A. AND OF THE PALMYRAS U.S.A. JOHN RECEIVED HONORARIUMS INCLUDING  THE KEYS TO PALMYRA, N.Y. AND PALMYRA, PA.  HE RECEIVED THE CAPS TO PALMYRA, MI AND PALMYRA, MO.  HE RECEIVED THE CLAY ICON OF PALMYRA, WI.   HE RECEIVED A PLAQUE FROM PALMYRA, IOWA.   AFTER TOURING THE MAIN STREET, JOHN HELD TOWN HALL MEETINGS, HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETINGS, MAIN STREET MEETINGS, AND PUBLIC MEETINGS.   THE MEETINGS DISCUSSED THE HISTORY OF THE MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES, THE SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES FACING THE TOWNS & MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES, THE NATIONAL TOURS TO THE PALMYRAS, AND THE FORTHCOMING HISTORIC BOOK, PALMYRAS U.S.A.    JOHN HAS TOURED 17 OF THE PALMYRAS IN THE COUNTRY.   DURING THE TOURS OF THE PALMYRAS, JOHN RECEIVED OVERWHELMING MAINSTREAM MEDIA COVERAGE DETAILED IN THE PHOTOS ALBUMS.  JOHN'S LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS AT THE MEETINGS DISCUSSED THE MAIN THEMES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:  (1) VISIONARY & PRAGMATIC PLANNING WITH MANAGED CONTROLLED GROWTH TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN COMMUNITIES (2) THE THEMES OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EMPOWERED SELF-DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS, ECOTOURISM, AND EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES FOR THE SUCCESS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND (3) THE TRUTH THAT COMMUNITIES FAILED TO SUSTAIN THEIR ECONOMIES MAY BE DUE TO CULTURAL ISSUES RATHER THAN ECONOMIC ISSUES.   JOHN'S WRITINGS EMPHASIZE THAT THE DAMAGE DONE BY MODERNIZATION IS CURTAILED USING AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BASED UPON HIS WRITINGS.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

JOHN IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLISHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, S.B.C.A.P.   JOHN HAS A M.A. IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, A M.A. IN ECONOMICS, A M.P.A., AND A M.B.A. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.   HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE CLASSIC BOOKS IN THE NEW WAVE SERIES.   HE HAS PUBLISHED THE NEW WAVE MILLENNIUM, RURAL ECONOMIES, AND HUMAN RIGHTS, THE NEW WAVE OF THE FUTURE, THE NEW WAVE AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AGAINST THE DARK AGE IN AMERICA, COUNTRY CLASSIC RECIPE ‘N PASTORAL PROSE, MACOUPIN CREEK, AND THE FORTHCOMING BOOKS, THE NEW WAVE OF THE FUTURE: EXPOSE AND PALMYRAS U.S.A. AS AN ECONOMIST AND A CLASSICAL WRITER, JOHN'S WRITINGS REFLECT THE LITERARY WORKS OF THE GREAT WRITERS IN THE WESTERN TRADITION. THEY INCLUDE MARK TWAIN, JOHN STEINBECK, SINCLAIR LEWIS, THOMAS WOLFE, HAMLIN GARLAND, GEORGE ELLIOT, SHERWOOD ANDERSON, ED HOWE, EDGAR MASTERS, AND THE CLASSICAL ECONOMISTS. JOHN HAS AN INTEREST IN THE PRESERVATION OF MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS THROUGH HIS VISIONARY AND PRAGMATIC WRITINGS.  JOHN IS SINGLE LIVING ALONE IN HIS HOMETOWN: PALMYRA U.S.A. JOHN CAN BE REACHED AT JCREDFERN9121@AOL.COM. THE BOOKS OF THE NEW WAVE SERIES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE BOOKSTORES, AMAZON.COM, BARNES & NOBLE.COM, EBAY.COM, ADDALL.COM, TARGET, AND WAL-MART.COM.  PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS WANTING TO RESERVE COPIES OF THE FORTHCOMING WORK-IN-PROGRESS BOOKS, EXPOSE AND PALMYRAS U.S.A., ARE ASKED TO EITHER E-MAIL JCREDFERN9121@AOL.COM AND/OR FORWARD CORRESPONDENCES WITH INQUIRIES TO: P. O. BOX 9121, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62791.

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