A Stake in West Texas

A Stake in West Texas Pulling a Chain and Raising a Family Across Big Oil Country

Hardback (21 Jan 2014)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In 1950, Ann was eighteen and Bob D twenty when he asked her to marry him and hit the road for West Texas. They packed their station wagon, left home and began a life of adventure together on Conoco's West Texas survey crew during the 1950s oil boom. Five kids, twenty-one towns and thirteen years on the road--Bob D and Ann's travels along the highways of West Texas are a portrait in a landscape of oilfields, railroads and ranches. Layering local history with family memoir, author Rebecca D. Henderson reveals a glimpse of mid-century West Texas through her grandparents' adventures as a young couple raising children on the road..

Book information

ISBN: 9781540223111
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Imprint: History Press Library Editions
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 178
Weight: 408g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 11mm