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2009

Format:	Book
Author:	Burrough, Bryan, 1961-
Title:	The big rich : the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes / Bryan Burrough.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Description:	xiv, 466 pages [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Series:	New York Times best sellers. New York Times best sellers.
Subjects:	Petroleum industry and trade -- Texas -- Biography.
Genre:	Biographies.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	"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.
Web Site:	Table of contents Publisher description
LCCN:	2008027043
ISBN:	9781594201998 1594201994
Other Number:	233029440
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Control Number:	238031
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Call Number:	338.27282 Burrough

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