A Stake in West Texas: Pulling a Chain and Raising a Family Across Big Oil Country [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

In 1950, Ann was eighteen and Bob D twenty when he asked herto marry him and hit the road for West Texas. They packed their station wagon,left home and began a life of adventure together on Conocoâ??s West Texas surveycrew during the 1950s oil boom. Five kids, twenty-one towns and thirteen yearson the roadâ??Bob D and Annâ??s travels along the highways of West Texas are aportrait in a landscape of oilfields, railroads and ranches. Layering localhistory with family memoir, author Rebecca D. Henderson reveals a glimpse of mid-centuryWest Texas through her grandparentsâ?? adventures as a young couple raisingchildren on the road.

Rebecca D. Henderson lives in her native Fort Worth, Texas with her husband and four stepsons. A graduate of Baylor University, she spent ten years living in Yunnan, China, where she worked as an English teacher and translator among other jobs. At every available opportunity, she loves camping, hiking, and exploring new places around the state.