The Rise and Fall of Texas Oil Fortunes
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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(Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)
Texas oil fields, and the oil barons they created, have had an outsized influence on modern America. Bryan Burroughs, author of The Big Rich, tells us about the rise and fall of Texas oil fortunes.
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Bryan Burroughs
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Comments [6]
Listening to this fascinating segment, I wondered whether these are the sort of men who could have arranged for the assassination of a President; frankly, I would have considered them along with the Mafia.
clint murchison -- why does that name sound familiar ?? and not in a good way
Was the Texas oil lobby instrumental in promoting the Iraq war? If so, what was their motivation?
I didn't hear you mention Vendetta, The Smearing of Edmond Safra, among Bryan's books.
I know one of the Murchisons and he pronounces the ch lie chester.
i always wonder if the USA had not taken texas and california, would mexico be the superpower? think about all the oil and gold
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