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the 150-year saga of an American ranching empire
xiii, 289 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
King Ranch, carved from the scrub and mesquite of the South Texas coastal plains and comprising more acreage than the state of Rhode Island, is the largest and most famous cattle ranch in American history. From cattle empire to oil empire to multilayered, media-shy corporation beset by legal battles and power struggles, King Ranch embodies the oldest dream of American wealth - the possession of land and the perpetuation of a dynasty. You'll meet the man who started it all - Richard King, the orphaned son of Irish immigrants who founded a dynasty in the middle of "heartbreak country," and who believed firmly in the dictum of his friend, Robert E. Lee - Buy land and never sell.
Manifest Destiny's Children -- The Quartermaster's Depot -- The Preacher and the Preacher's Daughter -- Sea of Grass -- Grandma's Cattle -- His Majesty King Cotton -- Ricardo King, Owner of the Hacienda Gertrudis -- A Second Alamo -- The Great Cattle King of Texas -- Cause No. 1279 -- Quieted in the Possession of His Lands -- The Succession -- The Unquiet Past -- Chapman volume King Ranch, Incorporated.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index.