Ross Sterling, Texan [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir by the founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company / / Ross S. Sterling and Ed Kilman ; edited and revised by Don Carleton ; foreword by Dolph Briscoe, Jr |
Autore | Sterling Ross S. <1875-1949.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/061092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KilmanEdward W. CarletonDon E. <1947-> |
Soggetto topico |
Governors - Texas
Businessmen - Texas Bankers - Texas Petroleum industry and trade - Texas - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-292-79552-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452316603321 |
Sterling Ross S. <1875-1949.> | ||
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ross Sterling, Texan [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir by the founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company / / Ross S. Sterling and Ed Kilman ; edited and revised by Don Carleton ; foreword by Dolph Briscoe, Jr |
Autore | Sterling Ross S. <1875-1949.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/061092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KilmanEdward W. CarletonDon E. <1947-> |
Soggetto topico |
Governors - Texas
Businessmen - Texas Bankers - Texas Petroleum industry and trade - Texas - History - 20th century |
ISBN | 0-292-79552-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Don Carleton -- One. Double Bayou -- Two. The Flip of a Coin -- Three. The First Two Oil Wells -- Four. Taking Over Standard -- Five. A Personality Company -- Six. Pulling Stakes at Fifty -- Seven. Deerslayers Deluxe -- Eight. Highways of Destiny -- Nine. The Unbonding Plan -- Ten. An Unpolitical Politician -- Eleven. Pour It On -- Twelve. The World Loves a Winner -- Thirteen. The Supreme Honor of My Life -- Fourteen. Crisis in East Texas -- Fifteen. Drowning in Ten-Cent Oil -- Sixteen. Holding the Bull -- Seventeen. Whistling in the Dark -- Eighteen. Flying Words and Eggs -- Nineteen. The Battle of the People -- Twenty. It Was a Great Show -- Twenty-one. Martial Law’s Finale -- Twenty-two. Back in the Chips -- Twenty-three. The View from the Western Slope -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777769803321 |
Sterling Ross S. <1875-1949.> | ||
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Ross Sterling, Texan : a memoir by the founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company / / Ross S. Sterling and Ed Kilman ; edited and revised by Don Carleton ; foreword by Dolph Briscoe, Jr |
Autore | Sterling Ross S. <1875-1949.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/061092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KilmanEdward W. CarletonDon E. <1947-> |
Soggetto topico |
Governors - Texas
Businessmen - Texas Bankers - Texas Petroleum industry and trade - Texas - History - 20th century |
ISBN | 0-292-79552-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Don Carleton -- One. Double Bayou -- Two. The Flip of a Coin -- Three. The First Two Oil Wells -- Four. Taking Over Standard -- Five. A Personality Company -- Six. Pulling Stakes at Fifty -- Seven. Deerslayers Deluxe -- Eight. Highways of Destiny -- Nine. The Unbonding Plan -- Ten. An Unpolitical Politician -- Eleven. Pour It On -- Twelve. The World Loves a Winner -- Thirteen. The Supreme Honor of My Life -- Fourteen. Crisis in East Texas -- Fifteen. Drowning in Ten-Cent Oil -- Sixteen. Holding the Bull -- Seventeen. Whistling in the Dark -- Eighteen. Flying Words and Eggs -- Nineteen. The Battle of the People -- Twenty. It Was a Great Show -- Twenty-one. Martial Law’s Finale -- Twenty-two. Back in the Chips -- Twenty-three. The View from the Western Slope -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819290603321 |
Sterling Ross S. <1875-1949.> | ||
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Texas Confederate, Reconstruction governor [[electronic resource] ] : James Webb Throckmorton / / Kenneth Wayne Howell |
Autore | Howell Kenneth Wayne <1967-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/061092
B |
Collana | Sam Rayburn series on rural life |
Soggetto topico |
Governors - Texas
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Texas |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-05385-8
1-60344-405-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: an enigma in nineteenth-century Texas politics -- The foundations of a frontier politician, 1825-50 -- Guardian of the frontier, 1851-57 -- The storm of passion and sectional hatred, 1857-61 -- The Civil War: "He that is not for us is against us," 1861-65 -- Tainted blood: early Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-66 -- "Every exertion within my reach": challenging presidential Reconstruction in Texas, 1866 -- An impediment to Reconstruction, 1867 -- Fueling the fires of redemption: the struggle to bring down radical rule in Texas, 1867-73 -- The end of the line: failed restorations and congressional mediocrity in the post-Reconstruction era, 1873-94. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458099603321 |
Howell Kenneth Wayne <1967-> | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Texas Confederate, Reconstruction governor [[electronic resource] ] : James Webb Throckmorton / / Kenneth Wayne Howell |
Autore | Howell Kenneth Wayne <1967-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/061092
B |
Collana | Sam Rayburn series on rural life |
Soggetto topico |
Governors - Texas
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Texas |
ISBN |
1-299-05385-8
1-60344-405-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: an enigma in nineteenth-century Texas politics -- The foundations of a frontier politician, 1825-50 -- Guardian of the frontier, 1851-57 -- The storm of passion and sectional hatred, 1857-61 -- The Civil War: "He that is not for us is against us," 1861-65 -- Tainted blood: early Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-66 -- "Every exertion within my reach": challenging presidential Reconstruction in Texas, 1866 -- An impediment to Reconstruction, 1867 -- Fueling the fires of redemption: the struggle to bring down radical rule in Texas, 1867-73 -- The end of the line: failed restorations and congressional mediocrity in the post-Reconstruction era, 1873-94. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791409403321 |
Howell Kenneth Wayne <1967-> | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Texas Confederate, Reconstruction governor : James Webb Throckmorton / / Kenneth Wayne Howell |
Autore | Howell Kenneth Wayne <1967-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/061092
B |
Collana | Sam Rayburn series on rural life |
Soggetto topico |
Governors - Texas
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Texas |
ISBN |
1-299-05385-8
1-60344-405-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: an enigma in nineteenth-century Texas politics -- The foundations of a frontier politician, 1825-50 -- Guardian of the frontier, 1851-57 -- The storm of passion and sectional hatred, 1857-61 -- The Civil War: "He that is not for us is against us," 1861-65 -- Tainted blood: early Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-66 -- "Every exertion within my reach": challenging presidential Reconstruction in Texas, 1866 -- An impediment to Reconstruction, 1867 -- Fueling the fires of redemption: the struggle to bring down radical rule in Texas, 1867-73 -- The end of the line: failed restorations and congressional mediocrity in the post-Reconstruction era, 1873-94. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827118303321 |
Howell Kenneth Wayne <1967-> | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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