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Oil, Taxes, and Cats: A History of the Devitt Family and the Mallet Ranch
Oil Taxes and Cats A History of the Devitt Family and the Mallet Ranch
Author: David J. Murrah
Many of the great Texas ranches established during the cattle boom of the 1880s became immediate business successes, but as time passed, many of them failed. "Oil, Taxes, and Cats" is the story of one of the survivors and of the family that kept it alive. David Mantz DeVitt, a young New York newspaperman, came to Texas in 1880 and became co-owne...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780896723320
ISBN-10: 0896723321
Pages: 247
Edition: 1St Edition
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Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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