Harsh country, hard times : Clayton Wheat Williams and the transformation of the Trans-Pecos / Janet Williams Pollard and Louis Gwin.

Harsh country, hard times : Clayton Wheat Williams and the transformation of the Trans-Pecos /

Clayton Wheat Williams-West Texas oilman, rancher, civic leader, veteran of the Great War, and avocational historian-was a risk taker, who both reflected and molded the history of his region. His life spanned a dynamic period in Texas history when automobiles replaced horse-drawn wagons, electricity...

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Main Author: Pollard, Janet Williams
Other Authors: Gwin, Louis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Clayton Wheat Williams Texas life series ; no. 13.
Subjects:
Williams, Clayton.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Statesmen > Texas > Biography.
Petroleum industry and trade > Texas > History.
Historians > Texas > Biography.
Ranchers > Texas > Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > France.
Texas > History > 20th century.
Trans-Pecos (Tex. and N.M.) > History > 20th century.
Fort Stockton (Tex.) > Biography.
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