Harsh country, hard times
Subtitle: Clayton Wheat Williams and the transformation of the Trans-Pecos
By: Janet Williams Pollard and Louis Gwin
Contributors: Gwin, Louis
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series -- no. 13; Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series -- no. 13.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781603442831; 9781603444798
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army; Ranchers; Petroleum industry and trade; Officers; Campaigns; Historians; History; United States; Biography; Statesmen
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Paradise for men and dogs and hell for women and horses; title: Growing up in Fort Stockton; title: The suicide club; title: French friends and new adventures; title: Paris is bombed; title: Searching for oil west of the Pecos; title: "Dangerous business and dangerous surroundings"; title: Drilling the University No. 1-B well; title: Risk, failure, and reward; title: A public figure; title: A love of history.