Articles tagged: King Ranch
On Giant’s Shoulders: New Cinema History Dissects Texas Tropes
"Giant" was meant to confront certain ugly implications about Texas, chiefly that it is perpetually big, bigoted and booming.
In 1956, America was ascendant, and Texas was America. Eleven years after the end of World War II, the greasy machinery of capitalism had conquered the country ...Read More
King Ranch at the Heart of a Texas-sized Political Scandal in Florida
A major Texas institution is playing a starring role in a sprawling scandal that threatens to rock Florida politics and hurt incumbent governor Rick Scott....Read More