

Showdown at Waggoner Ranch
Author: Gary Cartwright
Series: Texas Monthly
Narrator: Bruce DuBose
Unabridged: 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 01/09/2018
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Us History, Social Science, Agriculture & Food, Regional Studies
Synopsis
"Showdown at Waggoner Ranch" is the saga of Texas's second largest ranch and its shambles of an inheritance left by W.T. Waggoner to his descendants. It is a history of a sliver of Texas's elite, how they made their money and how they, often scandalously, spent their time. Simultaneously, it is a nod to the cowboy lifestyle that stands at risk should the feud of the Waggoner inheritance actually put the fate of the ranch at risk.
With a rollicking cast of characters -- Native American chiefs, Teddy Rooosevelt, an eight-time divorcee, the best and richest of East Coast society -- Gary Cartwright offers a rich exploration into the creation of an empire and its imminent downfall.