"... a valuable contribution to an understanding of the rich, on-going history of the King Ranch... the author is articulate, skillful, and best of all, an excellent storyteller." -- David Murrah, Director, Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University "Nobody on this earth but you could have written this book with such intimate knowledge of the subject. You have given me insights and information I never had in forty years of devotion to the King Ranch. I salute you." -- Tom Lea
Former Assistant to the President of King Ranch, the late John Cypher was a resident of Kingsville, Texas, and a regular contributing columnist to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
John Cypher spent 40 years (1948-88) on the King Ranch, most of the
time as assistant to the president [Bob Kleberg]. Few people could
be better qualified to lend an air of intimacy to a story about a
15-million-acre spread and the man who led it for more than 50
years. Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch combines a biography of
Kleberg with the story of the postwar boom years that changed the
King Ranch from a Mexican hacienda into a traditional South Texas
cattle ranch and finally into an international corporate
agribusiness.
*Houston Chronicle*
Cypher writes ranch history and personal memories of ‘The Boss’
with affection and self-effacing loyalty. His easy conversational
style makes life on a working ranch, the care and feeding of
visiting celebrities and the field of international agribusiness
both understandable and entertaining. If [Edna] Ferber were writing
Giant today, she wouldn’t need to visit the King Ranch. She could
read Cypher’s book.
*San Antonio Express-News*
Cypher not only writes well but he is a great story teller and
gives the reader probably the best of what will ever be known of
the inner Bob Kleberg.
*East Texas Historical Journal*
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