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The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and One Family's Search for the American Dream
By Mealer, Bryan
- ISBN
- 9781250058911 9781250058935
- Publisher
- Flatiron: Macmillan
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Starred Review on February 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
Mealer (Muck City) returns to his roots in this multigenerational family saga, which transcends genres of biography and genealogy to become a panoramic social history of 20th-century Texas. He avoids romanticizing or politicizing his hardscrabble ancestors. Most women ran households and raised families; most men farmed the arid land, drilled for oil, drove trucks, or sold used cars. They eked out precarious existences among dust storms, oil booms ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
