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The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes |  | Author: Bryan Burrough
Publisher: Penguin
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 6125
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 480
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.27280922764
ASIN: B001P9W9OA
Publication Date: January 9, 2009
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Product Description
"What's not to enjoy about a book full of monstrous egos, unimaginable sums of money, and the punishment of greed and shortsightedness?"
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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Solid and fun August 29, 2010
Mike Frederick
I've read Burrough's other works and was eager to read this one, with all its colorful characters and exploits. There are 5 families profiled and it's wild how much they overlap. Is it possible there was too much good stuff? I really enjoyed this but can't go all the way to five stars. Maybe if he'd stretched out three best families it would've made for a better book. If you like Burroughs or are interested in these people or this era, then definitely dig in.
 Bucket of Oil August 28, 2010
Jeanette Simmons
I gave this book as a gift to my dear friend who is in the oil business. He can relate to the book very well. I read the book before I gave it as a gift. The lives of the men mentioned in the book, went from making it rich, spending,failure, but they gave this country what they really needed, oil.
Fun and interesting view of the glory days of Texas oil August 19, 2010
R. C Sheehy (Foxboro,MA USA)
Bryan Burroughs has written a wildly entertaining view of the first days of Texas oil wealth. This, warts and all, view of the trials and tribulations of Texas oil makes for great entertainment and fun reading. Sadly, most of the original "big four" names in this book have passed into irrelevance. But in their day they spent money like no one in American history. They also came onto the scene at the emergence of American popular culture so their stories were well told in a number of news mediums.
This is a fun and interesting read. It's not a tremendously educational book, except in the fun sense, but none the less it is a good read. I recommend giving it a shot.
Reread it again August 14, 2010
Royce Gladden (Alameda, CA USA)
Someone gave me this book and I didn't read anything else until I had finished this one. When I finished it I passed it on to my son in law while in Texas where this all took place. When I got home I bought another copy to loan to other readers. The first guy said he started to read just a few pages and then put it aside until he was ready. Instead he spent all of his reading time until he finished the book. The interesting thing is that most of us who follow sports know most of these men and the others by reputation. When I drove to Texas recently I made a decision to drive through the oil country there via Midland and enjoyed watching the oil wells pump amidst the thousands of acres of cotton fields. The traffic on the roads was slow because of the hundreds of tankers loading the oil from the storage tanks so they could pump some more. Being a very small heir to some oil rights in Texas I was enthralled with this book.
Pretty Good July 20, 2010
David C. (texas)
This isn't the most interesting book in the world, but it is worthy of reading if you are even slightly interested in Oil, Texas or movers and shakers in business. It starts off a bit slow for my tastes but in the end, the story is very interesting to read. I recommend it if you are interested in oil, Texas or rags to riches stories.
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