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Harvey B. Robbins
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Betrayal: Michael Dukakis and the Battle to Save Historic Prowse Farm |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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110 |
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1988-08 |
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0898031613 |
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Jameson Books Inc. |
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1.1 pounds |
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6.25 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches |
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Product Description
For ten years the historic open fields of Prowse Farm near Boston, Massachusetts became a battlefield, pitting those seeking to preserve a precious slice of America's heritage against those seeking to profit from the land.
Codex Corporation, a subsidiary of Motorola, seeking to industrially develop the farm, liberally flaunted bogus claims of tax relief and jobs, together with a promise to save the original farm structures that stabled J. Malcolm Forbes' world champion trotting horses in the 1890's.
A grass roots citizens group, led by a sportswriter and a Boston Celtics basketball star, campaigned to save the farm. The crusade was a spectacular one. It carried the citizens to courtrooms, Motorola stockholders' meetings, the hostile arena of local politics and repeatedly into the private chambers of Governor Michael Dukakis.
Dukakis made an unconditional pledge to save Prowse Farm for this and future generations, and repeatedly urged the citizens to block the corporate development until he returned to office and could take the land under eminent domain. BETRAYAL is a provocative, behind-the-scenes account of unyielding citizens, a powerful corporation and an aspiring presidential candidate put to the test of time and pressure.
The results are both inspiring arid chilling.
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