"How to Make a Billion: Fables of Texas Oil"
Magazine article
By: Harvey O'Connor
Date: February 26, 1955
Source: O'Connor, Harvey. "How to Make a Billion: Fables of Texas Oil." The Nation, February 26, 1955, 175–177.
About the Author: Harvey O'Connor (1897–1987), long-time business and labor journalist, brought a passion for social justice and a taste activism to his various writings. An expert on the inner-workings of the American petroleum industry, O'Connor is perhaps best known for his 1955 book The Empire of Oil.
Introduction
The United States has produced a variety of colorful entrepreneurs over time. Few, however, have been more captivating than the legendary Texas oilmen. Americans have long been fascinated by the unique, down to earth, millionaire personality associated with Texas oilmen. Under the expensive suits, cowboy hats and boots, and plain speaking of the stereotype,...
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