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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- 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
- 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
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mealer, Bryan
- Dewey number
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- 976.4/858
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- genealogical tables
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F391.3
- LC item number
- .M43 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mealer, Bryan
- Mealer, Bryan
- Big Spring (Tex.)
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Texas
- Petroleum industry
- Texas
- 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
- 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, genealogical table, map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)986976617
- (OCoLC)986976617
- 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
- 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, genealogical table, map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)986976617
- (OCoLC)986976617
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