A Stake in West Texas: Pulling a Chain and Raising a Family Across Big Oil Country (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540223111)

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..

Author: Rebecca D. Henderson
ISBN-10: 1540223116
ISBN-13: 9781540223111
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2014
Pages: 178
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d