Marquis James

The Texaco Story: The First Fifty Years, 1902-1952 is a comprehensive historical account of the Texaco oil company's early years. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Marquis, the book chronicles the company's founding in 1902 and its growth and development over the first five decades of its existence. The book begins with a detailed look at the personalities and circumstances that led to the creation of Texaco, including the company's founders and early investors. From there, Marquis takes readers through the ups and downs of the oil industry during the early 20th century, as Texaco worked to establish itself as a major player in the market. Throughout the book, Marquis explores the various challenges and controversies that Texaco faced, including labor disputes, environmental concerns, and political upheavals. He also delves into the company's technological innovations, such as its development of new drilling techniques and refining processes, and its expansion into new markets around the world. Overall, The Texaco Story provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of one of America's most iconic companies, offering readers a rich and detailed portrait of the people, events, and forces that shaped its first fifty years.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Here is the perpetual variety of small town Oklahoma characters, incidents, changes; the self-confidence of an American boyhood; in honest, winning revelation.""-Kirkus Reviews

This biography was written by two-time Pulitzer winner Marquis James in 1948, but was never published. W.R. Grace's son commissioned James to write it when the author was at the height of his career. However, as Viking Press was about to print the book, the Grace company decided not to release it. It then lay in the firm's archives until it was uncovered by Lawrence Clayton of the University of Alabama. "Merchant Adventurer" tells the story of one of America's most successful immigrants. First arriving in America in 1846, Irish-born William R. Grace worked his way up from ordinary seaman to become master of a vast commercial empire, reformer of the Democratic party and New York City's first Catholic mayor. Grace's fortune quickly rose once he began supplying ships in the Peruvian guano trade. By the late 1860s, Grace was a rich man; his firm, headquartered in New York, operated vessels all over the world, helped build railroads in Latin America, and ran guns to Peru for its disastrous war against Chile. Yet Grace's energies did not stop with his business dealings. In the 1880s he served twice as mayor of New York, successfully fighting the corruption of Tammany Hall. As the century waned, he battled to control the rubber market and nearly won a contract to build what is now the Panama Canal.

A biography of a legendary Texan.