The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes

“This can be a portrait of capitalism as white-knuckle risk taking, yielding fruitful discoveries for the fathers, but only sterile speculation for the sons—a story that resonates with these days’s economic upheaval.” —Publishers Weekly

“What’s to not enjoy about a book full of monstrous egos, not possible sums of money, and the punishment of greed and shortsightedness?” —The Economist

Phenomenal reviews and sales greeted the hardcover publication of The Big Wealthy, New York Times bestselling creator Bryan Burrough’s spellbinding chronicle of Texas oil. Weaving together the multigenerational sagas of the industry’s four wealthiest families, Burrough brings to life the men known of their day as the Big Four: Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson, all swaggering Texas oil tycoons who owned sprawling ranches and mingled with presidents and Hollywood stars. Seamlessly charting their collective rise and fall, The Big Rich is a hugely entertaining account that just a creator with Burrough’s abilities-and Texas upbringing-can have written.