The big rich : the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes
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
Biography
xiv, 466 pages [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
9781594201998, 1594201994
233029440
"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