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OverviewGus S. Wortham was a good businessman. Among other enterprises, he started a highly successful insurance company, American General, and helped to shape the economic institutions of Houston. Gus Wortham was a civic leader, who worked actively in the Chamber of Commerce to influence the city's economic climate and who left the city a legacy of cultural institutions, including the Wortham Theater Center. Gus Wortham was a rancher and land developer. Land: they aren't making any more of it, he liked to say. So he bought it, developed it, and built a business with it. In short, he became one of the most influential men in the history of Houston. This is the story of his life, his business, his city. Company records and interviews with all Wortham's surviving friends and associates combine to make it a thorough account. Urban and business historians alike will find this book a fascinating study, and those who know, or want to know, Houston will find it an enlightening chronicle. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dressman FPublisher: Texas A & M University Press Imprint: Texas A & M University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 26.70cm Weight: 1.088kg ISBN: 9780890965801ISBN 10: 0890965803 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 30 August 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationFRAN DRESSMAN of Houston earned her master's of arts degree in public history at the University of Houston. She is a business and technical writer. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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