The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil FortunesPenguin, 30. mar. 2010 - 496 síður “Full of schadenfreude and speculation—and solid, timely history too.” —Kirkus Reviews “This is a portrait of capitalism as white-knuckle risk taking, yielding fruitful discoveries for the fathers, but only sterile speculation for the sons—a story that resonates with today's economic upheaval.” —Publishers Weekly “What's not to enjoy about a book full of monstrous egos, unimaginable sums of money, and the punishment of greed and shortsightedness?” —The Economist Phenomenal reviews and sales greeted the hardcover publication of The Big Rich, New York Times bestselling author Bryan Burrough's spellbinding chronicle of Texas oil. Weaving together the multigenerational sagas of the industry's four wealthiest families, Burrough brings to life the men known in their day as the Big Four: Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson, all swaggering Texas oil tycoons who owned sprawling ranches and mingled with presidents and Hollywood stars. Seamlessly charting their collective rise and fall, The Big Rich is a hugely entertaining account that only a writer with Burrough's abilities-and Texas upbringing-could have written. |
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Two The Creekologist | 15 |
THREE Sid and Clint | 32 |
FOUR The Bigamist and the Boom | 52 |
FIVE The Worst of Times the Best of Times | 83 |
SIX The Big Rich | 101 |
SEVEN Birth of the Ultraconservatives | 126 |
EIGHT War and Peace | 147 |
NINE The New World | 164 |
TWELVE The Golden Years | 250 |
THIRTEEN Rising Sons | 273 |
FOURTEEN Sun Sex Spaghettiand Murder | 308 |
FIFTEEN Watergate Texasstyle | 334 |
SIXTEEN The Last Boom | 355 |
SEVENTEEN The Great Silver Caper | 387 |
EIGHTEEN The Bust | 406 |
EPILOGUE | 433 |
TEN A Clumsy and Immeasurable Power | 202 |
ELEVEN Troglodyte Genus Texana | 229 |
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 447 |
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