5/15/2023 0 Comments The big rich by bryan burroughAlong with their peers, the Big Four shifted wealth and power in America away from the East Coast, sending three of their state's native sons to the White House and largely bankrolling the rise of modern conservatism in America. The truth more than lives up to the myth. As a class they came to be known as the Big Rich, and together they created a new legend in Americathe swaggering Texas oilman who owns private islands, sprawling ranches and perhaps a football team or two, and mingles with presidents and Hollywood stars. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson were all from modest backgrounds, and all became patriarchs of the wealthiest oil families in Texas. Known in their day as the Big Four, Roy Cullen, H. By weaving together the epic sagas of the industrys four greatest fortunes, Burrough has produced an enthralling tale of money, family, and power in the American century. In The Big Rich, bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent Bryan Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth centuryTexas oil.
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