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Harsh country, hard times

Pollard, Janet Williams.

Harsh country, hard times Clayton Wheat Williams and the transformation of the Trans-Pecos / [electronic resource] : Janet Williams Pollard and Louis Gwin. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (320 p.) - Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series ; no. 13 . - Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series ; no. 13. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-242) and index.

Prologue -- Paradise for men and dogs and hell for women and horses -- Growing up in Fort Stockton -- The suicide club -- French friends and new adventures -- Paris is bombed -- Searching for oil west of the Pecos -- "Dangerous business and dangerous surroundings" -- Drilling the University No. 1-B well -- Risk, failure, and reward -- A public figure -- A love of history.

9781603444798 1603444793




Williams, Clayton.


United States. Army --Officers--Biography.


Statesmen--Texas--Biography.
Petroleum industry and trade--History.--Texas
Historians--Texas--Biography.
Ranchers--Texas--Biography.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.


Texas--History--20th century.
Trans-Pecos (Tex. and N.M.)--History--20th century.
Fort Stockton (Tex.)--Biography.


Electronic books.

F392.P3 / P65 2011

976.4/061092 B