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9781594201998
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Burrough, Bryan,
1961-
The big rich
[ANF] :
the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes /
Bryan Burrough.
New York :
Penguin Press,
2009.
xiv, 466 p., [16] p. of plates :
ill. ;
25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-456 and index.)
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.)
20090311.
Petroleum industry and trade
Texas
Biography.
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