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In The Big Rich , bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent Bryan Burrough chronicles the rise and fall of one of the great economic and political powerhouses of the twentieth century—Texas oil. By weaving together the epic sagas of the industry’s four greatest fortunes,... read more
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Sid Richardson: Add a description of this character.
- Margaret Hunt
- Hugh Roy Cullen
- Thomas Frank Murchison
- Glenn McCarthy
- Clint Jr.
- John Henry Kirby
- George Herbert Walker Bush
- Clint Murchison
- Marion Joiner
- Ruth Ray
- Perry Bass
- H. L. Hunt
- Dwight Eisenhower
- Lamar
- Robert V. Johnson
- Jon Kelly
- George W. Strake
- Anne White
- John Jr.
- Lyndon Johnson
- Lupe
- Ricky Di Portanova
- Hassie
- Charles E. Marsh
- Elliott Roosevelt
- Paul Rothermel
- Big Clint
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Frania Tye
- Toddie Lee Wynne
- John Connally
- Lillie Cranz
- Murchisons
- Howard Hughes
- Patillo Higgins
- Ed Laster
- Lyda Bunker
- Richard M. Nixon
- Bob Young
- E. P. Bass
- Shamrock
- Big Jim West
- John F. Kennedy
- Muammar Gadhafi
- Dan Smoot
- Sam Rayburn
- El Dorado
- Jane Withers
- Richard Rainwater
- Tom O'Connor Ranch
- George Preston Marshall
- Warner H. Mendel
- William F. Buckley
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- Bryan Burrough (Author)
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