Mark Fine,
I read the book on an airplane years ago, just after my involvement with a course in Florida. I went to a restaurant that night and noticed a car in the parking lot with the Iron Horse logo. I asked the owner if he knew who's car it was. He indicated he did, and I asked him to introduce me.
It turns out he was the attorney involved in the project and we spent the better half of the night discussing golf courses, regulatory agencies, the process, environmentalists, developers, architects and a host of related subjects.
It was a most interesting evening.
For those that think building a golf course is a simple black and white matter, I wish them a life with a thousand bird ladies.
As a sideline, I understand that Josh Mush was walking his dog near a waterway in Florida, and an alligator attacked and grabbed the dog, and that Josh then leaped on to the surprised alligator, punching him until he released the dog.
The fellow who told me the story knows Josh and claims that to those who know him, the story is no surprise.
If I'd save a baby goose from a snapping turtle, I'd try to save my dogs Keno and Wafer from a gator, but if it was some from this site, I'd think of you, and miss you dearly.