Longview

by Sue Maxey, Karen Dennis, Dennis P. Weber

Book Overview

From his command post in a downtown Kansas City skyscraper, the nation's foremost lumberman, R.A. Long, received the devastating report from his company's timber scouts in 1918: his sources for raw material were nearly exhausted. The once-lush pine and oak forests of the Mississippi Delta had been stripped clean and converted into farmland. Now, his Long-Bell Lumber Company was at a crossroads. The timber baron put the question to a vote by his board...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738596035
• ISBN13: 9780738596037
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"