In search of Tom Slick : explorer and visionary / Catherine Nixon Cooke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooke, Catherine Nixon, 1950- author.

Standardized Title:

Tom Slick, mystery hunter!

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slick, Tom, 1916-1962.

Slick, Tom.

Texas Biomedical Research Institute--Biography.

Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

Southwest Research Institute--Biography.

Southwest Research Institute.

Mind Science Foundation (San Antonio, Tex.)--Biography.

Mind Science Foundation (San Antonio, Tex.).

Businessmen--Texas--Biography.

Businessmen.

Petroleum industry and trade--United States--Biography.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Explorers--Texas--Biography.

Explorers.

Inventors--Texas--Biography.

Inventors.

Philanthropists--Texas--Biography.

Philanthropists.

Adventure and adventurers.

Texas.

United States.

Adventure and adventurers--Texas--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"In this revised and expanded edition of her previously published biography, Catherine Nixon Cooke, niece of Tom Slick, has mined personal letters, family papers, archives of the institutes founded by her uncle, and other resources to tell more of the story of this enigmatic, energetic adventurer. A larger-than-life Texas oilman, entrepreneur, and explorer, Slick trekked the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti, developed new breeds of cattle, discovered major oil fields, and founded several research institutes, including the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, the Southwest Research Institute, and the Mind Science Foundation, all located in San Antonio. He even wrote and published on the topic of world peace in the 1950s; the Tom Slick World Peace Lectures at the University of Texas's LBJ Library and the endowed Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace were established after his death in 1962. His wide range of accomplishments is all the more remarkable when one realizes that he died at the relatively young age of 46. Illustrated throughout with rare historic photographs, this new edition of "In Search of Tom Slick: Visionary of the Unknown" will introduce a new readership to this influential, yet little known figure in modern history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: Where No One Else Has Ever Been

Ghost Call: April 2001

Missing Links: 1900-1930

Alone: The 1930s

Dreaming Big: The 1940s

Slick Ideas: 1950-1955

Diamonds and Death: 1954-1956

The Search for the Yeti: 1955-1960

An Open-Door Policy: 1956-1961

Visions of the Future: 1955-1961

The Unending Search: 1962-?

Epilogue: The Legacy

Acknowledgments

Appendix 1. Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Appendix 2. Southwest Research Institute

Appendix 3. Mind Science Foundation.

Notes:

First published by Paraview, Inc. in 2005 under title Tom Slick, mystery hunter!

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781623498719

1623498716

OCLC:

1122696586