TY - BOOK AU - Pollard,Janet Williams AU - Gwin,Louis ED - Project Muse. TI - Harsh country, hard times: Clayton Wheat Williams and the transformation of the Trans-Pecos T2 - Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series SN - 9781603444798 AV - F392.P3 P65 2011 U1 - 976.4/061092B 22 PY - 2011/// CY - College Station PB - Texas A&M University Press KW - Williams, Clayton. KW - United States KW - Army KW - Officers KW - Biography KW - Statesmen KW - Texas KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - History KW - Historians KW - Ranchers KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Campaigns KW - France KW - 20th century KW - Trans-Pecos (Tex. and N.M.) KW - Fort Stockton (Tex.) KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603444798/ ER -