Southern Timberman: The Legacy of William Buchanan - Couverture souple

Mayor, Archer H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0820334480 ISBN 13 : 9780820334486

Editeur : University of Georgia Press, 2009

Synopsis

In Southern Timberman, Archer H. Mayor traces the legacy of William Buchanan and the companies he owned along the borders of Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, from his first lumber mill in the early 1880s to the sale of the last company in 1979. Like many self-made men, Buchanan was known for both his compassion and his relentlessness. To the hundreds of workers who lived in his company-built mill towns, “Old Man” Buchanan was a caring father figure. To his business associates, he was a strong-willed profiteer—a God-fearing, “cut-out-and-get-out” lumberman whose crews laid waste to thousands of acres of virgin pineland. Whatever his tactics, William Buchanan had a gift for making money. By the time he died in 1923, he was one of the wealthiest men in the South. Southern Timberman is also the story of a strong, volatile family who fought—sometimes among themselves—to preserve that fortune. Tracing the growth of Buchanan’s ventures from the first acre of virgin pine to the charged atmosphere of the corporate boardroom, Mayor paints a compelling family portrait set against the background of America’s oil and timber industries.

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À propos de l'auteur

ARCHER H. MAYOR is best known as the creator of the acclaimed multivolume Joe Gunther mystery series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Georgia Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820334480
• ISBN 13: 9780820334486
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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