Fighting the good fight: in Fighting Immigration Anarchy, author Daniel Sheehy recounts the stories of everyday American patriots who are battling to save our nation.(Book review)

Fighting Immigration Anarchy: American Patriots Battle to Save the Nation, by Daniel Sheehy, Bloomington, Indiana: Rooftop Publishing, 2006, 344 pages, paperback, $19.95. (To order through AOBS, use the order form or contact information in the ad on the inside front cover.)

"The best way to make history is to write it," Winston Churchill observed. Author Dan Sheehy is definitely writing history with his new book, Fighting Immigration Anarchy. It is a unique book that chronicles the courage, passion, struggle, and dedication of the leaders in the immigration battle in which America is now engaged. What sets this book apart is its in-depth look at leaders who are changing the course of history. Furthermore, since the book is written from the perspective of a personal narrative, the passion of these leaders, but more importantly Sheehy's passion, for this topic is at play on every page. As a result, the reader will come away after reading this important book with the realization that the love for America still burns brightly.

It has been said that three components characterize great leaders: a great individual, a great country, and a great issue. All three characteristics are evident in the eight leaders profiled by Mr. Sheehy.

Sheehy shows that the human side of the leaders in the immigration fight runs contrary to the demonized characterizations that the media usually show of them. Sheehy's patriots, for that's what they are, aren't what the media would typically portray as "American patriots." They're not paragons of political correctness; they are run-of-the-mill, concerned Americans who have gone to extraordinary lengths to protect America and Americans, despite much vilification in the press. For example, here you will meet a computer programmer, a grandmother, a school teacher, an auto mechanic, a CPA, and a journalist.

Glenn Spencer began as an expert in statistical analysis, and he morphed into a lone citizen-activist writing letters to his local paper on his road to waking up thousands of concerned Americans through eye-opening videos on his organization's website.

Terry Anderson, from South Central Los Angeles, went from fixing cars as an auto mechanic to fixing our nation by becoming a popular talk-radio host and warning the nation about the dangers of the illegal immigration invasion.

Roy Beck, an environmental journalist, saw the connection between unrestrained immigration and the dangers it posed to our local communities. The organization he founded, NumbersUSA, educates the American public about how Congress votes on federal immigration policies.