The big rich : the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes / Bryan Burrough.
Burrough, Bryan, 1961-
2009
HD9567.T3 B873 2009 (Mapit)
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Title The big rich : the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes / Bryan Burrough.
Author Burrough, Bryan, 1961-
ISBN 9781594201998
1594201994
Publication Details New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Language English
Description xiv, 466 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number HD9567.T3 B873 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.2/7280922764
Summary Chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth century--Texas oil--by weaving together the epic sagas of the industry's Big Four (Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson) in a story of wealth, power, family feuds, scandals, and bankruptcies.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"There's something down there..."
The creekologist
Sid and Clint
The bigamist and the boom
The worst of times, the best of times
The big rich
Birth of the ultraconservatives
War and peace
The New World
"A clumsy and immeasurable power"
"Troglodyte, genus Texana"
The golden years
Rising sons
Sun, sex, spaghetti-and murder
Watergate, Texas-style
The last boom
The great silver caper
The bust.

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