The big rich : the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes
(2009)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
338.2728/BURROUGH,B
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Press, 2009
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 466 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781594201998, 1594201994
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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