The Daisy Chain: How Borrowed Millions Sank a Texas S&L

By James O'Shea

Book Overview

O'Shea's tale of sex, sin and corruption--which earned him the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award in 1988 when it ran as a six-part series in the Chicago Tribune--comes alive for readers in this new release. He describes Newsweek has called the biggest financial mess in U.S. history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671733036
• ISBN13: 9780671733032
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Rollicking analysis of an S & L's collapse

James Shea adopts a twangy vernacular to skewer the inflation and deflation of Don Dixon's Texas savings and loan. Dixon took advantage of deregulation and profited handsomely. Whether it was intentional fraud or opportunism is up to the reader to decide, but the book is written like a summer detective novel. It's better than so much of the hack work out there, and it's true! I recommend this in addition to "Funny Money" by Mark Singer.