About the Author

The author, Hugh Morton, a businessman, mountaineer and philanthropist, has been described by one of the nation's top motivational speakers as living proof that setting goals really works. Drawing on his experience as a college teacher of economics, CEO of a troubled S & L, a real estate developer, a mortgage entrepreneur, and board member of a failed community bank, he sets a personal goal to give Americans an insider's view of the housing crisis that is not being told.