The Last Stand: The War Between Wall Street and Main Street over California'sAncient Redwoods

Author: David Harris
List Price: $25.00
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ISBN: 0812925777
Publisher: Crown (26 December, 1995)
Sales Rank: 619,099
Average Customer Rating: 3 out of 5

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Rating: 2 out of 5
A little boring
very drawn out and boring. does get interesting at times

Rating: 4 out of 5
Fascinating example of the 80s....but
It should have been soo much more. Running in the same gamet as Alston Chase's "In a Dark Wood" David Harris goes into some of the same territory. The 'good' lumber company taken over by Wall Street and turned into the mirror of its former self, this book is at it most fascinating describing the moves between PALCO and Charles Hurwitz. The arrival of a hurrican alows him to suceed in his takeover but the company is taken over by the resultant costs both to its people and the enviroment. The final point is well taken.....if you lumber in oblivion there can be no winners. Only with sustained yield can the enviroment, employees and shareholders come out ahead. The only winnter with Palco was Charles Hurwitz.

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