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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471394513
ISBN-13
9780471394518
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2393959
Product Key Features
Book Title
Kings of Texas : the 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), General, Sociology / Rural
Publication Year
2002
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
21.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-014036
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Full of myth and misunderstanding, there's a Texas for everyone... Graham writes about Texas recognizing the wide-open country that we love, while at the same time putting longitude and latitude in proper perspective... "Kings of Texas" is a pleasure to read. ( Austin American Statesman) "is the right man for the task of chronicling this Jonesian expanse of archetypal Texana...a pleasure to read". ( Austin American-Statesman , January 19, 2003) My mother grew up in Texas in the 1930s and recalls driving with her father for hours past seemingly endless miles of King Ranch Property. Covering 850,000 acres even today, a spread as big as the state of Rhode Island, the King Ranch has been an icon of Texas ranching culture since the 19th century. For six generations, descendants of founder Richard King ran the ranch and its various enterprises until Stephen Kleberg was voted out as ranch manager by the corporate board in 1998. The changing face of the King Ranch from family-run enterprise to corporate entity captures attention precisely because so many ranches and farms have already gone this rou te in the West, and here is the largest of them all following in their footsteps. Graham (literature, Univ. of Texas, Austin) has written several books on Texas life and culture. His latest is an easy-to-read popular narrative that complements another recent title of the King Ranch, John Cypher's Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch: A worldwide Sea of Grass& lt;/I> (1995) which is a amore scholarly look at this modern corporate empire. Highly recommended for Southwestern libraries, both public and academic. Charlie Cowling, SUNY at Brockport Lib. ( Library Journal, March 1, 2003) "A crisp history of the King Ranch... a good read about an era long gone."-- Boston Globe, "is the right man for the task of chronicling this Jonesian expanse of archetypal Texana...a pleasure to read". ( Austin American-Statesman , January 19, 2003) "His latest is an easy-to-read popular narrative.... Highly recommended for Southwestern libraries, both public and academic." ( Library Journal , March 1, 2003) Full of myth and misunderstanding, there's a Texas for everyone... Graham writes about Texas recognizing the wide-open country that we love, while at the same time putting longitude and latitude in proper perspective... "Kings of Texas" is a pleasure to read. ( Austin American Statesman) "A crisp history of the King Ranch... a good read about an era long gone." -- Boston Globe, * Full of myth and misunderstanding, there's a Texas for everyone... Graham writes about Texas recognizing the wide-open country that we love, while at the same time putting longitude and latitude in proper perspective... "Kings of Texas" is a pleasure to read. ( Austin American Statesman) "is the right man for the task of chronicling this Jonesian expanse of archetypal Texana...a pleasure to read". ( Austin American-Statesman , January 19, 2003) My mother grew up in Texas in the 1930s and recalls driving with her father for hours past seemingly endless miles of King Ranch Property. Covering 850,000 acres even today, a spread as big as the state of Rhode Island, the King Ranch has been an icon of Texas ranching culture since the 19th century. For six generations, descendants of founder Richard King ran the ranch and its various enterprises until Stephen Kleberg was voted out as ranch manager by the corporate board in 1998. The changing face of the King Ranch from family-run enterprise to corporate entity captures attention precisely because so many ranches and farms have already gone this rou te in the West, and here is the largest of them all following in their footsteps. Graham (literature, Univ. of Texas, Austin) has written several books on Texas life and culture. His latest is an easy-to-read popular narrative that complements another recent title of the King Ranch, John Cypher's Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch: A worldwide Sea of Grass& (1995) which is a amore scholarly look at this modern corporate empire. Highly recommended for Southwestern libraries, both public and academic. Charlie Cowling, SUNY at Brockport Lib. ( Library Journal, March 1, 2003) "A crisp history of the King Ranch... a good read about an era long gone."-- Boston Globe, * Full of myth and misunderstanding, there's a Texas for everyone... Graham writes about Texas recognizing the wide-open country that we love, while at the same time putting longitude and latitude in proper perspective... ""Kings of Texas"" is a pleasure to read. ( Austin American Statesman) ""is the right man for the task of chronicling this Jonesian expanse of archetypal Texana...a pleasure to read"". ( Austin American-Statesman , January 19, 2003) My mother grew up in Texas in the 1930s and recalls driving with her father for hours past seemingly endless miles of King Ranch Property. Covering 850,000 acres even today, a spread as big as the state of Rhode Island, the King Ranch has been an icon of Texas ranching culture since the 19th century. For six generations, descendants of founder Richard King ran the ranch and its various enterprises until Stephen Kleberg was voted out as ranch manager by the corporate board in 1998. The changing face of the King Ranch from family-run enterprise to corporate entity captures attention precisely because so many ranches and farms have already gone this rou te in the West, and here is the largest of them all following in their footsteps. Graham (literature, Univ. of Texas, Austin) has written several books on Texas life and culture. His latest is an easy-to-read popular narrative that complements another recent title of the King Ranch, John Cypher's Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch: A worldwide Sea of Grass& lt;/I> (1995) which is a amore scholarly look at this modern corporate empire. Highly recommended for Southwestern libraries, both public and academic. Charlie Cowling, SUNY at Brockport Lib. ( Library Journal, March 1, 2003) ""A crisp history of the King Ranch... a good read about an era long gone.""-- Boston Globe, * Full of myth and misunderstanding, there's a Texas for everyone... Graham writes about Texas recognizing the wide-open country that we love, while at the same time putting longitude and latitude in proper perspective... ""Kings of Texas"" is a pleasure to read. ( Austin American Statesman) ""is the right man for the task of chronicling this Jonesian expanse of archetypal Texana...a pleasure to read"". ( Austin American-Statesman , January 19, 2003) My mother grew up in Texas in the 1930s and recalls driving with her father for hours past seemingly endless miles of King Ranch Property. Covering 850,000 acres even today, a spread as big as the state of Rhode Island, the King Ranch has been an icon of Texas ranching culture since the 19th century. For six generations, descendants of founder Richard King ran the ranch and its various enterprises until Stephen Kleberg was voted out as ranch manager by the corporate board in 1998. The changing face of the King Ranch from family-run enterprise to corporate entity captures attention precisely because so many ranches and farms have already gone this rou te in the West, and here is the largest of them all following in their footsteps. Graham (literature, Univ. of Texas, Austin) has written several books on Texas life and culture. His latest is an easy-to-read popular narrative that complements another recent title of the King Ranch, John Cypher's Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch: A worldwide Sea of Grass& (1995) which is a amore scholarly look at this modern corporate empire. Highly recommended for Southwestern libraries, both public and academic. Charlie Cowling, SUNY at Brockport Lib. ( Library Journal, March 1, 2003) ""A crisp history of the King Ranch... a good read about an era long gone.""-- Boston Globe
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
976.4/47306
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments. Introduction. Manifest Destiny's Children. The Quartermaster's Depot. The Preacher and the Preacher's Daughter. Sea of Grass. Grandma's Cattle. His Majesty King Cotton. Ricardo King, Owner of the Hacienda Gertrudis. A Second Alamo. The Great Cattle King of Texas. Cause No. 1279. Quieted in the Possession of His Lands. The Succession. The Unquiet Past. Chapman v. King Ranch, Inc. Bibliography. Index.
Synopsis
The larger-than-life story of the ranch that inspired Giant The vast, fabulous, and powerful King Ranch, bigger than Rhode Island, is the most famous ranch in American history, and its story has the epic sweep and drama of classic movies like Red River and Giant., 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
LC Classification Number
F392.K47G73 2003
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