The Helmsleys: The Rise and Fall of Harry and Leona Helmsley

by Richard Hammer

Describes the rise and fall of Harry and Leona Helmsley--their greed, wealthy, power, corruption, and how, in evading more than four million dollars in state and federal taxes, they places themselves above the "little people" who worked under them

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Business

337 pages, Hardcover

First published April 30, 1990

Reviews

[Kelly bell · Rating 1 out of 5]

So many spelling errors I couldn’t even read it.

Did anyone even try to proofread this?? So many errors it became annoying trying to decipher what was trying to be said that I gave up about 1/5 of the way in. I’m sure this book is interesting if I could just figure out what it says. So infuriating trying to read a book that stops you every 3 seconds because of major spelling errors. Very disappointed with this book.

[Jacki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written well, the facts prove the monsters of greed the Helmsley's really were.

[Bernie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was fine, but as it was written by a journalist, it gets bogged down in the minutiae of all the real estate deals, laws, dollar amounts of various purchases etc.