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Breaking Trail: The Extraordinary Success Story of an Entrepeneur Who Never Gave Up (Hardcover)

by Edgar Hetteen (Author)
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Follow Edgar Hetteen from poverty to millonaire as he starts Polaris and Artic Cat snowmobile companies.

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  • Hardcover: 296 pages
  • Publisher: Focus Publishing (January 25, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1885904991
  • ISBN-13: 978-1885904997
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,378,070 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Breaking Trail, December 6, 1999
By Eugene E Conrad (Berkshire, New York) - See all my reviews
An excellent account of a true entrepeneuer's struggles to manufacture and market his dream machines. Edgar Hetteen epitomizes the "find a need and fill it" vision that has made America the cream of the crop of the industrial revolution. From the straw chopper to the "bug-o-vac" to the snowmobile the book follows the life of a man who was definitely ahead of his times and his struggle to get the rest of the world to catch up. Great reading for motorheads, snowmobilers and modern entrepenuers. I highly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Down to earth real life experience/adventure, April 9, 1999
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This story is about the experiences of Edgar Hetteen and his desire to prevail over the many obstacles confronting him, to reach the vision he had for a new outdoor activity. This story is told in the words of a man who truely experiences life, the joys and frustrations that only life can give if your willing to grap hold and hang on. If you want to be inspired read this book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Never gave up, May 3, 2000
Hetteen was a man who never gave up threw out this book. He had plenty of hard times that many people would have gave up. Not him, he stuckwith his dream and know lok where he is. It's everythign a snowmobilier could want to read in a book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Never Gving up, no matter what
This book was a very good story. It had everything a snowmobilier would want to read. I'm not one to read alot of books but, after reading this book by Hetteen, I could read alot... Read more
Published on May 3, 2000 by Jeff Jacobs

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