Claytie : the roller-coaster life of a Texas Wildcatter / / by Mike Cochran

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826551803321
• Autore: Cochran Mike
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: College Station, : Texas A & M University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 1-299-05234-7; 1-60344-450-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (446 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.4/063092; B
• Soggetti: Oil industry workers - Texas; Political candidates - Texas; Businesspeople - Texas; Oil well drilling - Texas; Governors - Texas - Election; Texas Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- One At Home in West Texas:Where Legacy Matters -- Two Oil-Patch Dreams: The Rise of Clajon, the Little Company That Could -- Three The Go-GoYears: Blowouts, Blowups, Big Riches, and a Half-Billion-Dollar Debt -- Four Political Adventures:The Wildcatter Who Would Be Governor -- Five A New Millennium: No Slowing Down -- Recognitions -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Photo Credits -- Index.