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Everything that Floats: Pat Sullivan, Hal Banks, and the Seamen's Unions of Canada. By William Kaplan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987. Pp. xxxii, 241. $30.00 cloth, $14.95 paper

Here the reader can see the factors which impinged on the decisions that were made; this becomes a case study of one of Canada's most important trading structures and provides more depth of understanding than has been available previously. Since some previous publications have dealt with H. R. MacMillan and his companies, including an export company, Perrault's discussion of Seaboard's relationships, contacts, and competitions with him are especially useful. The author has also been able to interview some of Seaboard's former executives and include their comments; these reminiscences add a personal touch to descriptions of the decisions which the organization's leaders made. The last two chapters which describe the 1970s and early 1980s are not as interesting because they do not do much more than describe who retired and who joined Seaboard as well as chronical the sales record of the organization; perhaps current events make poor history. The book should be read by anyone with an interest in Canada's export lumber and timber trade after World War I. The book is a good case history of one of the most important organizations in the trade. The descriptive material provides part of the input for a general theory of an export strategy for natural resources.