01718cam a2200361 4500 544121884 TxAuBib 20191104120000.0 180227s2018||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781432847821 large print 1432847821 large print (OCoLC)1025329486 OCP eng rda OCP OCP BKL BDX DYJ UOK TxAuBib Mealer, Bryan. The kings of Big Spring [large print] : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream / Bryan Mealer. First edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2018. ©2018. 605 pages (large print) : map, genealogical tables ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction Includes bibliographical references (pages 571-601). "In 1892, Bryan Mealer's great-grandfather leaves the Georgia mountains and heads west into Texas, looking for wealth and adventure in the raw and open country. But his luck soon runs out. Beset by drought, the family loses their farm just as the dead pastures around them give way to one of the biggest oil booms in American history"--Provided by publisher. 20191104. Mealer, Bryan Family. Petroleum industry and trade Texas Biography. Large type books. Big Spring (Tex) Biography. Texas Biography. Biographies. Autobiographies. Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction. TXSTN