LEADER 04880nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910777769803321 005 20230721031506.0 010 $a0-292-79552-1 024 7 $a10.7560/714427 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472965 035 $a(EBL)3571714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000239646 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187794 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239646 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250819 035 $a(PQKB)10232771 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571714 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571714 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10245730 035 $a(OCoLC)646760703 035 $a(DE-B1597)588339 035 $a(OCoLC)1286806997 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292795525 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472965 100 $a20060828d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRoss Sterling, Texan$b[electronic resource] $ea memoir by the founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company /$fRoss S. Sterling and Ed Kilman ; edited and revised by Don Carleton ; foreword by Dolph Briscoe, Jr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $a"The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin." 311 $a0-292-71442-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tIntroduction: Don Carleton -- $tOne. Double Bayou -- $tTwo. The Flip of a Coin -- $tThree. The First Two Oil Wells -- $tFour. Taking Over Standard -- $tFive. A Personality Company -- $tSix. Pulling Stakes at Fifty -- $tSeven. Deerslayers Deluxe -- $tEight. Highways of Destiny -- $tNine. The Unbonding Plan -- $tTen. An Unpolitical Politician -- $tEleven. Pour It On -- $tTwelve. The World Loves a Winner -- $tThirteen. The Supreme Honor of My Life -- $tFourteen. Crisis in East Texas -- $tFifteen. Drowning in Ten-Cent Oil -- $tSixteen. Holding the Bull -- $tSeventeen. Whistling in the Dark -- $tEighteen. Flying Words and Eggs -- $tNineteen. The Battle of the People -- $tTwenty. It Was a Great Show -- $tTwenty-one. Martial Law?s Finale -- $tTwenty-two. Back in the Chips -- $tTwenty-three. The View from the Western Slope -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aBorn on a farm near Anahuac, Texas, in 1875 and possessed of only a fourth-grade education, Ross Sterling was one of the most successful Texans of his generation. Driven by a relentless work ethic, he become a wealthy oilman, banker, newspaper publisher, and, from 1931 to 1933, one-term governor of Texas. Sterling was the principal founder of the Humble Oil and Refining Company, which eventually became the largest division of the ExxonMobil Corporation, as well as the owner of the Houston Post. Eager to "preserve a narrative record of his life and deeds," Ross Sterling hired Ed Kilman, an old friend and editorial page editor of the Houston Post, to write his biography. Though the book was nearly finished before Sterling's death in 1949, it never found a publisher due to Kilman's florid writing style and overly hagiographic portrayal of Sterling. In this volume, by contrast, editor Don Carleton uses the original oral history dictated by Ross Sterling to Ed Kilman to present the former governor's life story in his own words. Sterling vividly describes his formative years, early business ventures, and active role in developing the Texas oil industry. He also recalls his political career, from his appointment to the Texas Highway Commission to his term as governor, ending with his controversial defeat for reelection by "Ma" Ferguson. Sterling's reminiscences constitute an important primary source not only on the life of a Texan who deserves to be more widely remembered, but also on the history of Houston and the growth of the American oil industry. 606 $aGovernors$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aBusinessmen$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aBankers$zTexas$vBiography 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aTexas$xPolitics and government$y1865-1950 607 $aTexas$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 607 $aHouston (Tex.)$vBiography 615 0$aGovernors 615 0$aBusinessmen 615 0$aBankers 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xHistory 676 $a976.4/061092 676 $aB 700 $aSterling$b Ross S.$f1875-1949.$01547148 701 $aKilman$b Edward W.$fb. 1896.$01547149 701 $aCarleton$b Don E.$f1947-$01542725 712 02$aUniversity of Texas at Austin.$bCenter for American History. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777769803321 996 $aRoss Sterling, Texan$93803273 997 $aUNINA