Captain James A. Baker of Houston, 1857-1941 /
Captain James A. Baker, Houston lawyer, banker, and businessman, received an alarming telegram on September 23, 1900: his elderly millionaire client William Marsh Rice had died unexpectedly in New York City. Baker rushed to New York, where he unraveled a plot to murder Rice and plunder his estate. W...
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| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Family roots
- Baker, Botts & Baker
- On trial
- Fulfilling the trust
- Building institutions
- Citizen and patriot
- Leader of men
- Final passages.