The Resource The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, by Bryan Mealer
The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, by Bryan Mealer
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The item The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, by Bryan Mealer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Gleason Public Library (Carlisle).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 605 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781432847821
- Label
- The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream
- Title
- The kings of big spring
- Title remainder
- God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream
- Statement of responsibility
- by Bryan Mealer
- Subject
-
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Big Spring (Tex.) -- Biography
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Families
- Large type books
- Mealer, Bryan
- Mealer, Bryan -- Family
- Meeler family
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Texas
- Texas -- Big Spring
- Texas -- Biography
- Adventure and adventurers -- Texas -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mealer, Bryan
- Dewey number
-
- 929.20973
- 976.4858
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- CT274.M445
- LC item number
- M43 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Meeler family
- Mealer, Bryan
- Mealer, Bryan
- Big Spring (Tex.)
- Adventure and adventurers
- Large type books
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Families
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Texas
- Texas
- Texas
- Label
- The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, by Bryan Mealer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1025329486
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 605 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432847821
- Lccn
- 2017055836
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map, genealogical tables
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1025329486
- Label
- The kings of big spring : God, oil, and one family's search for the American dream, by Bryan Mealer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1025329486
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 605 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432847821
- Lccn
- 2017055836
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map, genealogical tables
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1025329486
Subject
- Autobiographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Big Spring (Tex.) -- Biography
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Families
- Large type books
- Mealer, Bryan
- Mealer, Bryan -- Family
- Meeler family
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Texas
- Texas -- Big Spring
- Texas -- Biography
- Adventure and adventurers -- Texas -- Biography
- Autobiographies
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