The Murchisons: The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty

The Murchisons: The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty by Wolfe, Jane. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780312034047.

They were the ultimate Texas oil so rich that their multi-million dollar deals were sealed with a handshake, so self-indulgent that their football fancy resulted in the formation of the Dallas Cowboys, so powerful that royalty and presidents -- from Franklin Roosevelt to Nixon -- were never more than a phone call away.Yet beneath this dazzling facade lay sexual obsession, drugs, and, ultimately, financial troubles which would reverse the familys fortunes. The Murchisons, an intimate portrait of the real-life Ewings of "Dallas," is the tragic and true story of their ambition and genius, the greed, power and pride.