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Can I read The Big Rich : The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes on EtoBox?
The Big Rich : The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes by Bryan Burrough is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Big Rich : The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes about?
“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.
Who reads The Big Rich : The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bryan Burrough
- Publisher
- Penguin Press HC, The
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780143116820
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Memoir, Economics
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (1,235 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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