The Resource The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, Bryan Mealer
The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, Bryan Mealer
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The item The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, Bryan Mealer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library.
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- Summary
- In 1892, Bryan Mealer's great-grandfather leaves the Georgia mountains and heads west into Texas, looking for wealth and adventure in the raw and open country. But his luck soon runs out. Beset by drought, the family loses their farm just as the dead pastures around them give way to one of the biggest oil booms in American history
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 369 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250058911
- Label
- The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream
- Title
- The kings of big spring
- Title remainder
- God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream
- Statement of responsibility
- Bryan Mealer
- Title variation
- kings of Big Spring
- Title variation remainder
- God, oil, and one familys search for the American dream
- Subject
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- Big Spring (Tex.) -- Biography
- trueBig Spring, Texas
- Biographies
- trueBiographies
- trueDrug addiction
- trueFamily fortunes
- trueGreed
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- 1980s
- trueLife stories -- People in history
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Family
- trueMealer, Bryan -- Family
- trueOil industry and trade
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Texas
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Texas -- Biography
- trueRich people
- trueTexas
- Texas -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1892, Bryan Mealer's great-grandfather leaves the Georgia mountains and heads west into Texas, looking for wealth and adventure in the raw and open country. But his luck soon runs out. Beset by drought, the family loses their farm just as the dead pastures around them give way to one of the biggest oil booms in American history
- Summary
- Traces the story of the author's family, whose fortunes and prospects became subject to the Texas oil boom of the 1980s and its related glamour, corruption, drug affiliations, and risks
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10619872
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mealer, Bryan,
- Dewey number
-
- 976.4858
- 920
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- genealogical tables
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Big Spring (Tex.)
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Texas
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream
- Label
- The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, Bryan Mealer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-369)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21389662
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 369 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250058911
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map, genealogical tables
- Label
- The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, Bryan Mealer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-369)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21389662
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 369 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250058911
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map, genealogical tables
Subject
- Big Spring (Tex.) -- Biography
- trueBig Spring, Texas
- Biographies
- trueBiographies
- trueDrug addiction
- trueFamily fortunes
- trueGreed
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- 1980s
- trueLife stories -- People in history
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Family
- trueMealer, Bryan -- Family
- trueOil industry and trade
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Texas
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Texas -- Biography
- trueRich people
- trueTexas
- Texas -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
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