Creating A Family Business, From Contemplation To Maturity by Allan Nation

REVIEW BY JOEL SALATIN   I think I've read 90 percent of what Allan Nation ever wrote, and this book, Creating a Family Business, From Contemplation to Maturity seems to contain most of his business wisdom.  Having done so many conference talks with Allan, I relished all the famous quips that would leave the audience in stitches. If you've ever wanted classic Allan all in one place, this is it.  The stories of buying a bankrupt magazine, going into horrendous debt, the climb out of it, restructuring the staff, changing the theme are there in all their glory.  Allan was a master storyteller, and this book preserves the best ones in a way that only he could tell them. Cobbled together posthumously by his widow, Carolyn, and business partner, Glinda Davenport, the book preserves Allan's voice for all of us who ever heard him speak.  It's like sitting down with Allan and enjoying his wit and wisdom all over again.  He referred to Glinda as his "corporate wife", which anyone who runs a smal