The Murchisons The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty

by Jane Wolfe

Wolfe tells a riveting tale of the rising fortunes and ultimate downfall of the Murchison family, quintessential high rollers. ... In her first book, Wolfe, former society editor of the Dallas Morning News, gives a superb glimpse of the personal lives and family dynamics of these millionaires whose bankruptcy in 1985 stunned both the state of Texas and the nation's financial community." — Publisher's Weekly They were the ultimate Texas oil clan: 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 family's 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.

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