I highly recommend the book, Joel. I picked it up last week, and couldn't put the the thing down. I actually re-read several chapters this past week.
It's very informative, describing Mike Keiser and his history of building the Dunes Club, and putting out feelers for real estate on the two coasts, and how the transaction for buying Bandon came about. From there it goes on to describe how Keiser's right-hand man, a non-golfer named Howard McKee, did a bunch of legwork for the project. Keiser's philosophies on golf and course design are sprinkled throughout the book.
Most of the book is dedicated to the story of how Bandon Dunes came to be, with a smaller portion describing the Pacific Dunes story [perhaps allowing Tom D. to tell everyone in initimate detail all about his course?], and an even smaller portion talking about Bandon Trails.
Routing maps for each of the three courses are included, alongwith full-colour photos of the courses and its architects.
I found the book to be very interesting reading, in looking at how Keiser analyses the game of golf, the business concept he was striving for at Bandon, and ultimately what he wanted out of Bandon.
There are several references throughout the book to an area called Cascades Ranch [mentioned in other threads here], which was a site that was actually recommended to Keiser above Bandon and another site he had his eye on, by a consulting firm that he had hired. It would be interesting if anything ever comes of that.
JJ