Kings of Texas: The 150–Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire - Hardcover

Graham, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471394513 ISBN 13: 9780471394518

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Synopsis

Praise for KINGS OF TEXAS

"Kings of Texas is a fresh and very welcome history of the great King Ranch. It′s concise but thorough, crisply written, meticulous, and very readable. It should find a wide audience."
–Larry McMurtry, author of Sin Killer and the Pulitzer Prize––winning Lonesome Dove

"This book is about the King Ranch, but it is about much more than that. A compelling chronicle of war, peace, love, betrayal, birth, and death in the region where the Texas–Mexico border blurs in the haze of the Wild Horse Desert, it is also an intriguing detective story with links to the present–and a first–rate read."
–H.W. Brands, author of The Age of Gold and the bestselling Pulitzer Prize finalist The First American

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Review:

"This book is about the King Ranch, but it is about much more than that. A compelling chronicle of war, peace, love, betrayal, birth and death in the region where the Texas–Mexico border blurs in the haze of the Wild Horse Desert, it is also an intriguing detective story with links to the present––and a first–rate read." H.W. Brands, author THE AGE OF GOLD and the bestselling Pulitzer Prize finalist THE FIRST AMERICAN.

"KINGS OF TEXAS is a fresh and very welcome history of the great King Ranch. It′s concise but thorough, crisply written, meticulous and very readable. It should find a wide audience." Larry McMurtry, author of Sin Killer and the Pulitzer Prize winning Lonesome Dove

Synopsis:

"A fresh and very welcome history of the great King Ranch. It's concise but thorough, crisply written, meticulous, and very readable." - Larry McMurtry. In a sprawling, colorful family saga that takes us from border bandit skirmishes in the 1850s to boardroom battles in the 1990s, this acclaimed book tells the story of the fabled King Ranch in Texas, a Rhode Island - sized spread whose history inspired the movie "Giant". "The King Ranch doesn't account for all of Texas, but even now, it speaks for all of Texas, and maybe for all of America." - "Boston Globe". Don Graham (Austin, TX) is a writer at large for Texas Monthly magazine and a professor at the University of Texas. He is the author of "No Name on the Bullet: A Biography of Audie Murphy" as well as several books about Texas life and culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0471394513
• ISBN 13: 9780471394518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304