![]() ![]() Yes, Big Oil led the Big Rich to spend in very Big Ways - and to do their part to make sure other people knew just how much they had. Josey battled the blazer clad in nightgown, robe and mink stole,” the secretary wrote. Josey had fought the fire while wearing her mink stole. Josey burned to the ground, the Houston Press reported that Mrs. In 1951, when a ranch home owned by the oilman L. There was the Houston heiress who always flew to Paris with two extra first-class tickets for her two toy poodles, each of whom traveled with jeweled collars and chinchilla furs - furs being something the ladies of Texas Oil knew lots about. during the depression and went on to lose most of it in wild speculation bryan burrough concentrates on the big four clint murchison h l hunt roy cullen and sid. This was the decade when the big money was thrown around in such excess. There are a lot of highlights - but I think I laughed the hardest in the chapter “The Golden Years,” about the 1950’s. 0 Ratings 3 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Borrow Listen. ![]() ![]() I thoroughly enjoyed reading this comprehensive, educational, fun book. The big rich the rise and fall of the greatest Texas oil fortunes by Bryan Burrough. The Dallas Morning News Summer Book Club, featuring The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes, begins tomorrow (Sunday, July 26). ![]()
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