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Acknowledgments vii Prologue xi Chapter 1: “Paradise for Men and Dogs and Hell for Women and Horses”  Chapter 2: Growing up in Fort Stockton  Chapter 3: The Suicide Club  Chapter 4: French Friends and New Adventures  Chapter 5: Paris Is Bombed  Chapter 6: Searching for Oil West of the Pecos  Chapter 7: “Dangerous Business and Dangerous Surroundings”  Chapter 8: Drilling the University No. 1-B Well  Chapter 9: Risk, Failure, and Reward  Chapter 10: A Public Figure  Chapter 11: A Love of History  Epilogue  Notes  Bibliography  Index  Contents ...

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