Reader recommendation: Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the American West

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November 6, 2014

Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the American West, by Judith Koll Healey, tells the personal story of the German immigrant who rose to the top of the lumber industry with integrity in the age of the robber barons. Healey brings out the depth and humanity of the man behind his famous name.