When Money Grew on Trees: A. B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron

Hammond acquired vast timbered acreage in the Pacific Northwest, building and acquiring ownership or interests in logging, sawmills, railroads, ships, banks, shipyards, retail lumber yards, and various other endeavors as he assembled one of the largest and most powerful vertically integrated combinations on the West Coast, with tentacles reaching around the world. Greg Gordon's book uses the perspective of Hammond's life to touch on many areas of American western expansion, economic and business patterns, resource management and utilization, labor relations, political and social theory, and Native American history.