T. BOONE PICKENS<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
by Chrysta Casta\u00f1eda & Loren Steffy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Genre: Biography\/Autobiography, Courtroom Drama<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Group<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Date of Paperback Publication: September 15, 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Number of Pages: 300 Pages<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n T. Boone Pickens, legendary Texas oilman and infamous corporate raider from the 1980s, climbed the steps of the Reeves County courthouse in Pecos, Texas in early November 2016. He entered the solitary courtroom and settled into the witness stand for two days of testimony in what would be the final trial of his life. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u202f <\/p>\n Pickens, who was 88 by then, had made and lost billions over his long career, but he\u2019d come to Pecos seeking justice from several other oil companies. He claimed they cut him out of what became the biggest oil play he\u2019d ever invested in\u2014in an oil-rich section of far West Texas that was primed for an unprecedented boom. After years of dealing with the media, shareholders and politicians, Pickens would need to win over a dozen West Texas jurors in one last battle.\u202f <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n To lead his legal fight, he chose an unlikely advocate\u2014Chrysta Casta\u00f1eda, a Dallas solo practitioner who had only recently returned to the practice of law after a hiatus borne of disillusionment with big firms. Pickens was a hardline Republican, while Casta\u00f1eda had run for public office as a Democrat. But they shared an unwavering determination to win and formed a friendship that spanned their differences in age, politics, and gender. \u202f <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a town where frontier justice was once meted out by Judge Roy Bean\u2014\u201cThe Law West of the Pecos\u201d\u2014Pickens would gird for one final courtroom showdown. Sitting through trial every day, he was determined to prevail, even at the cost of his health.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u202f <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens<\/em>\u202fis a high-stakes courtroom drama told through the eyes of Casta\u00f1eda. It\u2019s the story of an American business legend still fighting in the twilight of his long career, and the lawyer determined to help him make one final stand for justice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n CLICK TO PURCHASE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u25c6\u202fTWITTER<\/a> \u25c6\u202fFACEBOOK<\/a> \u25c6 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u25c6\u202f\u202fTWITTER<\/a> \u25c6\u202fFACEBOOK<\/a> \u25c6<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u25c6\u202f\u202fAMAZON<\/a>\u202f \u25c6\u202f GOODREADS<\/a>\u202f \u25c6 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u25c6WEBSITE<\/a>\u25c6BOOKBUB<\/a> \u25c6<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n STONEY CREEK PUBLISHING<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u25c6 Website<\/a>\u25c6 Instagram <\/a>\u25c6 Twitter<\/a> \u25c6 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click to visit participating blogs. Those in bold are direct links to the blitz post.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/field\/image\/last_trial_of_t_boone_pickens_1.jpg\")
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CHRYSTA CASTA\u00d1EDA<\/strong> is a Texas trial attorney specializing in oil and gas disputes. She formed her own boutique law firm in 2014 after more than twenty years as a partner and associate in some of the world\u2019s top law firms. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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LOREN STEFFY<\/strong>\u202fis a journalist and author of four other nonfiction books:\u202fDeconstructed: An Insider’s View of Illegal Immigration<\/em> and the Building Trades<\/em>\u202f(with Stan Marek) (Stoney Creek Publishing, 2020),\u202fGeorge P. Mitchell: Fracking, Sustainability and an Unorthodox Quest to Save the Planet\u202f<\/em>(Texas A&M University Press, 2019),\u202fDrowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit\u202f<\/em>(McGraw-Hill, 2010) and\u202fThe Man Who Thought Like a Ship<\/em>\u202f(Texas A&M University Press, 2012). His first novel,\u202fThe Big Empty<\/em>, was published in April 2021. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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