Spindletop Unwound

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Summary: The Original Texas "Land Deal"
Review: "What a tangled web we weave, when we practice to make a quick buck!" If you like dealing in real estate, you're going to love this book. Shaffer's surgical precision in slicing this juicy story open slowly and humorously was impressive. I now know more about the conveyance of real estate, East Texas history, and lawyers' greed than I ever thought I wanted to know! But after reading this book, now I am curious about what is next door to Spindletop. More oil? More killings? Maybe Shaffer will tell us in another book?

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Summary: Great book, learned alot about other land scandels in Texas
Review: I read the book and it was awesome, I can relate to it, as being an heir to Griffith League here in Texas, and the troubles involved, no clear titles, burnt down courhouses, and lawyers, Mexican Colonization Laws, Civil War, oil money and justice. Why even put money in escrow when nobody is ever going to get it. Maybe this will be his next book.

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Summary: Texas heritage and history are interestly refreshed.
Review: We, as Texans, take pride in our culture. Without the efforts of our descendants and immigrants, the land granted in 1834 to Pelham William Humphries from Empresario Lorenzo de Zavala may have never occured. History came alive in Spindletop Unwound. Thanks from Marilyn Early.