The Son
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
The Son
| Author | Philipp Meyer |
|---|---|
| Published | 2013 |
| Pages | 561 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Philipp Meyer’s three generations of a Texas family, from Comanche captivity through cattle to oil — a multi-century account of how a fortune gets made and what it costs. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @moseskagan asking “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (the thread, April 2025); the full set of replies is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- Historical Fiction — The genre the thread was asking about.
- Frontier — The setting: Texas from the Comanche era forward.
- Oil & Gas — Where the family fortune ends up.
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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