Kings of Texas
Subtitle: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire
Publisher: Wiley
Published: March 29, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780471589051
First sentence: The Rincon de Santa Gertrudis, an old Spanish land grant, lies at the heart of King Ranch, for it was here, on these untenanted lands, that Capt. Richard King, in 1853, first laid claim to a dream of ownership that would make his nascent rancho the envy of the world.