Making Room (review of Texas Rich, by Harry Hurt III)

Texas RichBy Harry Hurt IIINorton, 446 pp., $16.95

In the free-enterprise hall of fame, where dwell the granite-faced spirits of Carnegie, Morgan, and Rockefeller, what do you do with a semi-reformed professional gambler, sire and patriarch of one official and two unofficial families, health faddist, and tireless dispenser of offbeat opinions? Much as it may hurt those of tender conscience, there is just one thing to do with Haroldson Lafayette Hunt: Make room.