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January 29, 2012

Executive Suite: A Story of Corporate Success and Succession by Edward W. Younkins

For over a quarter of a century, Cameron Hawley had two simultaneous successful careers—as a businessman and as a writer of short stories in magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, McCall’s, and Good Housekeeping. For several years, he was an advertising executive in Minneapolis. This was followed by a 24-year car... (Read more...)
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 10:24am

Thanks, again, Edward. I'll give it a whirl. ...

The movie Cash McCall is often touted by Objectivists as not-too-bad. (I tried Silas Latham, but after Pride and Prejudice, which, of course is world class, Silas Latham just turned into a slog. I admire your tenacity as a reader with a goal.)

Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 1:44pm

I have all of Cameron Hawley's books, and found the novels well worth reading, tho the self-doubting was a wee on the 'put-off' side... have yet to see the movie version of Executive Suite, tho intend getting it - Cash McCall has long been an interesting tho lightly dramatized version [hard to see Maverick as Cash McCall, to put it mildly], and the book is much more worth the reading...