Broke, Not Broken: Homer Maxey's Texas Bank War

by Broadus Spivey and Jesse Sublett

Book Overview

Homer Maxey was a war hero, multimillionaire, and pillar of the Lubbock, Texas, community. During the post-World War II boom, he filled the West Texas horizon with new apartment complexes, government buildings, hotels, banks, shopping centers, and subdivisions. On the afternoon of February 16, 1966, executives of Citizens National Bank of Lubbock met to launch foreclosure proceedings against Maxey. In a secret sale, more than 35,000 acres of ranch...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896728552
• ISBN13: 9780896728554
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"