"An impressive biography."
Robert Bruegmann Wall Street Journal "It's very easy to highly recommend Building Home ... an interesting and uplifting read."
John Tamny Forbes "At heart, this is about a son surpassing his goal to earn back a family company lost when his father died, but Abrahamson's dense analyses make this study relevant to today's debates about ... Read morehow to fairly regulate the financial marketplace." Publishers Weekly "Despite the nation's now-reluctant familiarity with mortgage finance, it can be a hard topic to warm up to. Reading Building Home, one not only warms to the subject, but also to the argument that big businesses and the government can work together for the public benefit."
Kim Velsey New York Observer "Enjoyable storytelling." Martin Brower's Oc Report "Ahmanson (who died in 1968) is remembered-if at all-through the cultural institutions he supported: the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Music Center. Abrahamson makes a compelling case that Ahmanson ought to be better remembered-positively and negatively-as a man who made much of Los Angeles."
D. J. Waldie KCET/SoCal Focus blog "[Abrahamson] does an impressive job under difficult circumstances of documenting Ahmanson's life
warts and all... Fascinating reading."
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