Bryan Burrough: The Big Rich

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Partner:: Politics and Prose
Location:: Politics and Prose
Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 01.29.09
Speaker:: Bryan Burrough
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Summary: Bryan Burrough, author of Barbarians at the Gate and a Texan himself, traces the accumulation of almost unimaginable wealth by four Texas families during the 1920s.

The families then used their fortunes to influence commerce, culture, and politics -- most notably, by financing the modern conservative movement.

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Bryan Burrough

Bryan Burrough is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair, and the author of three books, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco (With John Helyar), Dragonfly: An Epic Adventure of Survival in Outer Space, and Vendetta: American Express and the Smearing of Edmond Safra. A former reporter for The Wall Street Journal, he is a three-time winner of the John Hancock Award for excellence in financial journalism. He lives in Summit, New Jersey with his wife Marla and their two sons.