Review: Perfect title, perfect tribute...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2013
Havasu Palms, Hostile Takeover is the true and utterly moving story of one family's dedication to a dream.Walt Johnson gave up a successful business as a general contractor to build Havasu Palms on the California shoreline of Lake Havasu.  The Johnson family embarked on a 30 year task to turn a ramshackle fishing camp into a picturesque summer campground, restaurant and marina, all the while battling the underhanded dealings of both the Federal government and the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation. In the end, they were cheated out of every bit of it, effectively exiled from their home by the tribe. Author Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes has written a moving tribute to her father and mother, Walt and Caroline Johnson. In doing so, she has preserved the poignant story of a close-knit clan who lived their dream. I loved it...